Reporter shot on live TV

Wow! What a story!

Russia's sniper currently in use is the Dragonov SVD, which fires a 7.62x54mmR bullet. Georgia's military currently uses both the SVD and the M93 Black Arrow,which fires a DSHK 12.7 x 108 mm and Browning 12.7 x 99 mm NATO round. Not only is it hard to believe that someone could miss a shot so badly with these rifles considering the telescopic sights that make fireing so easy a child could do it(and they have), but also if one of these rounds is close enough to your skin to "graze" you, the ballistic damage would rip the area surrounding the wound to shreads. It wouldnt have been a little scrape like that woman had. Also she would have not calmly kept on reporting, she would have screaming on the ground in agony. Just saying a little shady....

Obviously only the Georgian side would gain from firing on Georgian press. The nature of the wound could have been intentional. Also we didn't see the wound closely in person and she might well have fabricated the incident without firing into the arm at all. Otherwise the Goergian Special Forces are still in Gori and even in Southern Ossetia to this day. Today two carloads of them armed to the teeth tried to cause an incident at the main tunnel (Rockosi). They managed to escape although one of their cars was made unuseable by gunfire from Southern Ossetian and Russian forces during the chase. They left behind 18 grenade launchers, grenades and ammo in the abandoned car. We are aware that the Georgian forces have already been firing on Georgian residential regions for the purpose of anti-Russian propoganda. War is hell, welcome and have a nice day.

I can't stop thinking about this...

AC360 would have pissed his Prada pants

She's lucky and brave.

wow, impressive how she kept going. very close shot though - she was very lucky.

I don't think that was a sniper. If it was she would probably be died. Maybe the shot was just a warning.

BTW, I can speak enough Russian to go to a restaurant, and order a meal.
Or, ask you if your free tonight?
Vy svobondnij, svobodnya vecheram?
vam, prenistiy chto-nibut' pit'?
kakoe vashe lyubimiya vino? Krasnoe ili byeliya?

She was not shot by a "Sniper" If she was? She would not have gotten back up. She would be dead now.

If it was from a sniper, either, NATO round, or Eastern Bloc. She would have been on the ground, Dead. Before we ever heard the report of the rifle

whew..she is lucky and BRAVE! Takes alot to get the info out to the people..hang in there girl, and wear that vest!

Watching this footage is only one of many examples of human ignorance and brutality against other peoples.

I'm thinking it's fake as well... at least the clip I saw.

Dabne's experience and observations about being in war make the most sense to Me.

my hunch in the first few moments told me this is not real and when you see the crew guy peer into the camera like "is this thing gonna work, are they buying it?" you know that type of look was on his face for a moment

If I'm wrong I shall eat crow but I go with my gut.

What? Was that bullet from a BB Gun??

Im glad she's alright though.

A sniper that hits people in the hand?
Russians are no panzies.
That bullet would be behind her eyes had it been real

you go girl... thats badass

she still has the mic in hand. two words: bad ass.

Instant legend: journalists are pretty fearless creatures, gallivanting all over the place to find the trouble spots to show us the truth: well done her and them.

she still kept going, raw journalism!

Shot was pretty close, right as you heard the bang she flinched, so hopefully that asshole who shot her was found.

This looks completely fake. First of all, even if the bullet had just grazed her arm, which is highly unlikely if she had been targeted by a sniper, a sniper's would have left much more damage and we would have heard a lot more screaming. That looked like some popping noises and the reporter running off to the side, smearing her arm with some fake blood, and hardly wincing when her arm was almost blown off. Ballistic damage tears people apart.

that is bad ass. I would've died of a panic attack if I got shot on the wrist.

very suspicious indeed. As a former war vet who has seen combat this did not look like a serious incident. You can see two people on the road behind her when the shooting starts who do not move off the road when the shots are heard. Also as mentioned above, there is no run for cover.

When somebody is hit from an unseen sniper, the first thing people do, even armed soldiers, is find cover and stay there until the sniper is located. These people are walking around and picking things up as if nothing had happened.

I'm not going to come out and say this is propaganda, but it certainly has a lot of elements to be. There are also five shots heard, they sound a bit funny, and where did the other four end up? Snipers don't fire five consecutive shots and miss there targets. And why would they be shooting live TV reporters. Makes no sense. Even the blood and wound did not look consistent. If anything it was a stray or misdirected from miles and miles a way. Even that's a stretch with the noise of the shots. And why is the camera man the only one going crazy when everyone else is calm. He's just adding the dramatic blair witch effect trying to make a calm setting look crazy. Seriously, watch it again and tell me what he's doing?

It would make sense for Georgia to put something like this online as they are defenseless to the brutal Russian onslaught.

This is dedication and commitment to reporting news deserved by the people at its finest.

So far Georgia is the one banning all Russian media.

holy crap!

Doesn't it strike you as strange that they all did not immediately take cover but hung around notwithstanding, without ducking or anything like that, as if they knew there wasn't any real danger? It certainly struck me.

She has got to have a huge set of brass ones! To get shot, and not even cry? She can be my bodyguard.

omg thats crazy. and what was up with the sniper. he hit her wrist, he has a horrible shot

That link crashed my browser...twice...wtf?

This story makes good propaganda.

ive seen better

new meaning to the industry saying "if it bleeds it leads"

This reporter is really bas-ass!
She keeps going with her live shot and delivers the news to the viewers.
Talk about news in the making.

Damn that was scary. Lucky woman! I'm a little skeptical that was an accident though. Snipers are known for their eyesight and precision. I just got a very bad feeling it was a warning shot. As in, get the hell out of here, reporters, so we can commit some war crimes.

Depends of how far away he/she was, sniper rounds can be heavily effected by wind. the sniper probably had a headshot that was deviated by the wind/distance.

I think most snipers know how to adjust for the wind.
How far do you think a sniper must qualify at?

Wow, I can't believe anybody voted this news item down.

Oh man. I'm sure they received more respect now!

Here's what I could make of it. They speak to fast for me, but.

She was saying something about being shot by a sniper. She didn't quite see where it was coming from. But it hurts like hell.

But she doesn't say which side the shots were from.
Russian, or, Georgian?

If anyone knows what she was saying could you post it? I'm kinda curious if she was just caught in the line of fire or if she was saying something that they didn't want to be said.

Is there a video with subtitles anywhere?

hmmmm, can someone book a flight to Georgia for Michelle Malkin?

pretty shitty marksmanship .

I suggest Current TV hire this woman immediately! What a trooper!

If he had wanted to, the sniper could have killed her with the first shot. Rubber bullets, anyone?

There is an outside chance she just caught a stray round, but considering the building over her left shoulder, I'd say it came from there.

Cowards. This is turning into Sarajevo all over again.

She got lucky alright. Lucky she was just a bit too far away and lucky the sniper wasn't that good.

Ballsy reporter! Glad nothing major happened to her!

The Russians they don't care about anything like rules of war.

lucky thing it barley got her rist.

I wish I could understand what she was saying. Does anyone have a video with subtitles?

She did an awesome job!

This is really intense

Whoa. Unbelievable.

She is Badass, she still got the job done. She should had the vest on when she started though.

FREEDOM OF PRESS!!!

sorry only in the US...sometimes?