Russian journalist wounded by grenade in Kiev

He was wounded by a flash-bang grenade blast. The journalist was making a report for the programme News 24.

Grigoriyev was between the riot police and protesters at the moment of the incident, UNIAN reports. “I think I would have lost my leg if it had been a real grenade,” the Russian journalist said.

About three dozen journalists were injured during the recent events in Kiev. It happened after the police started using rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades.

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