Terrifying footage shows Russian journalists being hit by an anti-tank missile while driving along Turkey’s Syrian border on the day fighter jet is shot down

This is the terrifying moment a car carrying Russian state media journalists was hit by an anti-tank missile while they were driving along Turkey's border with Syria.
The footage emerged today as a Russian fighter jet was also shot down over Turkey after claims it violated the country's 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. 
But the convoy came under attack by shelling from opposition forces, which struck their car.
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.'

The incident, only reported today, took place as the car approached the strategic Zwek hill, the defence ministry added.
Mr Kosarev, who was an English-language correspondent for RT suffered concussion while its Arabic-language correspondent Mr Hadaya suffered shrapnel injuries to his back and leg.
Pro-Kremlin state journalists are embedded with the Russian deployment carrying out a bombing campaign in Syria from the Hmeimim base in territory controlled by the Damascus regime.
The journalists also cover forces loyal to Russia's long-standing ally President Bashar al-Assad, which Moscow seeks to portray as a key bulwark against jihadist fighters.

It comes as a Russian Sukhoi Su-24 jet was shot down by Turkish F-16 fighter planes after ignoring nearly a dozen warnings, Turkish army officials said today.
However, Russia's Ministry of Defence claims the jet was in Syrian airspace, and was shot down from the ground.
Footage reportedly filmed by rebels in Syria's Turkomen Mountains, an area which has been the cause of recent tensions between Turkey and Russia, shows local fighters cheer as they discover the body of one of the Russian pilots.
At least a dozen men can be seen surrounding the corpse of the pilot, dressed in Russian military fatigues, and some are heard shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ – ‘God is great’.
 

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