Armed soldiers captured Hungarian journalists in Lviv, Ukraine

In Lviv, Hungarian journalists experienced first-hand the actions of Ukrainians against unknown intruders. The enemy can attack from anywhere – is Ukrainians’ thinking – so the armed welcome is no coincidence.

One of the main reasons for Ukrainians’ caution is that in recent days, the defenders intercepted a number of Russians in civilian clothes infiltrating the Ukrainian population and, as it later turned out, marking targets for Russian artillery.

Three journalists of Hungarian news portal Blikk were filming a barricade in Lviv when they were surrounded by Ukrainian soldiers with guns loaded. Ukrainian soldiers ordered them to lift their hands. When they tried to look around, they were immediately told to look only at them. After that, a thorough interrogation began in the middle of a square. The tense moment intensified even more when an elderly lady shouted at the gunmen, “Do something to them!”.

The armed Ukrainian soldiers checked all the documents of the Hungarian journalists and took photos of them, which they said they passed on to the Ukrainian secret service to check that they were not undercover enemies. The Ukrainian defenders held the captured journalists at gunpoint until they were convinced that the unknown civilians were indeed journalists of Hungary.

The enemy can attack from anywhere – is Ukrainians’ thinking – so the armed welcome was no coincidence.

During the background check, the journalists were constantly asked what they were doing in Ukraine and why they had come from the Polish border. After an hour and a half, the background check ended. Once the armed soldiers were convinced that the captured civilians were indeed Hungarian journalists, they became friendly.

They apologised for the aggressive action, but as they said, there is a war going on in the country, and they have to act accordingly. It has been revealed that