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France 24 journalists come under fire while reporting in Donetsk region

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Three journalists working for French outlet France 24 came under fire while reporting on the work of emergency services in the city of Slovyansk in the Donetsk region, according to reports. Luke Shrago, Taline Oundjian, and Ashraf Abid were embedded with a brigade of firefighters who had delivered water to the residents of Slovyansk due to an acute shortage in the city when they came under fire from suspected Russian shelling. They managed to leave the area and escaped without injury.

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