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Radio Svoboda journalist Serhiy Horobatenko caught near shelling in Donetsk

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Serhiy Horbatenko, a correspondent for Radio Svoboda,came under Russian shelling while reporting from the front lines of the war. Horbatenko had been travelling with a Ukrainian in the direction of Lysychansk from Slovyansk in order to deliver medical supplies to a military outpost. The journalist was covering the supply effort a the time. However, they were forced to turn back and flee to nearby Siversk as a result of intense Russian shelling on the road between Slovyansk and Lysychansk, according to reports. No one was injured during the attack.

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