Fox News’ Ben Hall Makes Emotional Return To Ukraine: ‘Last Time I Got On This Train I Was Barely Alive’

Fox News’ Benjamin Hall appeared on America Reports Tuesday where he shared his emotional journey back to Ukraine, the country where he was critically wounded and lost two of his colleagues to a Russian missile attack.

“The real purpose of this trip, first and foremost, was going to pay respects to Pierre [Zakrzewski] and Sasha [Oleksandra Kuvshynova], who died there last year,” Hall told anchor Sandra Smith.

Hall and his colleagues were covering the war just outside of Kyiv in March 2022 when they came under Russian fire. Kuvshynova and Zakrzewski were killed in the attack, and Hall barely survived. He told Sean Hannity a year later that he began to realize the extent of his injuries when he regained consciousness.

“My right leg is gone,” he recalled. “The foot had gone. Ironically, I didn’t notice it at the time,” Hall said. He also told Hannity that doctors removed pieces of his skull, and had to put his left hand back together.

Hall told Smith Tuesday, “Personally the trip itself was quite emotional for me, as well.”

Fox News then rolled tape of Hall boarding a train to go back into Ukraine.

“Last time I got onto this train I was barely alive, badly injured. But we made it out the other side, and today’s the day that we’re going back,” he said on the video.

Hall told Smith that he also sat down with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, where he was able to discuss how the war had changed over the past year.

“He said first and foremost, the eyes of the world are moving away from Ukraine. That they were heavily focused on Israel, and that was hurting Ukraine and everything he was pushing for,” Hall said, continuing:

He said Russia was pushing towards World War III, and he admitted that this was one of the worst months that Ukraine has seen. He said that there wasn’t a lot of benefit on the counteroffensive. That he had difficulty getting weapons, that they were upset at how Congress was holding back some of the money…And he also made it clear this was not the time for a peace deal in Ukraine.

And he was personal, as well. He opened up about his family, too. He doesn’t see them as often as he used to. Sometimes his children cry when they see him. He has to be strong in return. He also said that, even despite the war, he sometimes had to find a way to laugh with them.

Hall’s interview with Zelensky airs Tuesday at 6 p.m. on Special Report.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.