Alerts | Physical attack by state armed forces/military

ICTV film crew comes under fire in Donetsk region

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On 18 May 2022, a film crew with Ukrainian TV channel ICTV came under fire near Kostyantynivka in Donetsk region. Journalists Tetyana Nakonechna, Yevhen Turta and Oleh Tsymbaliuk were reporting from the area when Russian forces launched a missile attack. One of the missiles reportedly fell several dozens meters from the film crew. No one was harmed in the incident.

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