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Ukraine, the heartbreaking story of Corrado Zunino: the envoy of Repubblica wounded by Russian snipers

The journalist told Bruno Vespa about those dramatic moments of the ambush that took place near Kherson. Lacerating the memory of Bogdan Bitik, his collaborator, who died a few steps from him

04/05/2023

Rai/Porta a Porta

Recently back in Italy, exclusively for Porta a Porta, the program hosted by Bruno Vespa, Corrado Zunino retraced those dramatic moments in which he was injured. Moving details about the ambush and in particular the death of Bogdan Bitik, "A friend forever", which took place before his eyes. The bullets reached them as they left the Kherson area in southern Ukraine.

It was April 26, 2023 when Zunino arrived with his collaborator, Bitik, on the Antonovsky bridge. The two were targeted by Russian snipers. "We left the car, took 20 steps and two Ukrainian soldiers told us to leave. I turned around and Bogdan was putting away the phone with which he was supposed to pick up, then I saw him fall to the ground. A bullet went through my shoulder and, perhaps, the same hit Bogdan."