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Hromadske crew caught under fire while filming civilian evacuation report

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A reporting crew from Ukrainian media outlet Hromadske was caught under fire when they were filming the evacuation of civilians from Lyman in the Donetsk region in Eastern Ukraine to the city of Dnipro. The crew included journalist Anastasia Stanko, videographer Kolyan Pastyko and driver Viktor Andrushchenko. During their filming, three shells landed 200 meters from the crew and the people who were being evacuated. None of the crew was injured and they were able to safely leave the area.

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