WATCH: (Scroll Down For Video) This is the shocking moment a car carrying Russian media journalists was hit by an anti-tank missile whilst they were driving along Turkey’s border with Syria.
The footage was posted today as a Russian fighter jet was also downed over Turkey after claims it violated Turkish airspace.
The three journalists, two from Russian Today, named as Roman Kosarev and Sargon Hadaya, and another from TASS, a Russian news agency, named as Alexander Yelistratov, were part of a press convoy passing the village of Al-Dagmashliya in the province of Latakia close to the frontline on Monday.
Footage of the attack shows the journalists heading along a dirt track road while being directed by several armed fighters.
However, as their car turns a corner a shell hits their vehicle and the journalists inside can be heard being taken by surprise.
The strength of the explosion forces the car to flip over and the cameraman can be seen clambering out.
According to Mr Kosarev, the missile was fired from the terrorist-held populated town of Salma.
The Defence Ministry said in a statement: ‘Three Russian journalists were lightly injured, one of them suffered concussion.
‘Currently the whole group of Russian journalists has returned to the Hmeimim air base, where the wounded are getting medical care.’
