An Australian war correspondent in Ukraine could not contain his terror as Russia invaded the nation, letting expletives rip on camera as missiles flew overhead.

Photojournalist Bryce Wilson was reporting from Kramatorsk on Thursday as President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation, with missiles seen flying over the capital of Kyiv.

Russian tanks have crossed the Ukrainian border via Belarus, with hundreds of civilians reportedly already killed amid airstrikes in Kharkiv, Mariupol, and Dnipro.

Airlines have cancelled flights to and over Ukraine to protect passengers’ safety as weapons begin to fill the sky across the region, with planes also brought to a halt in some parts of Russia.

As Wilson began to film his brief on the situation, he became caught up in the chaos as weapons started whizzing above him.

‘Oh f***, that’s a missile! That’s a missile!’ he yells.

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