Alerts | Physical attack by state armed forces/military

Suspilne journalists caught under artillery fire in Lysychansk

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Journalists Khrystyna Havryliuk and Taras Ibragimov from the Ukranian public broadcaster Suspilne came under fire from Russian artillery while working in the centre of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region. The journalists were being accompanied by several Ukrainian soldiers at the time. The team were preparing a report about the conflict. When the shelling began, the soldiers evacuated them from the region. None of the journalists were injured. Video footage of the incident was shared by Suspilne.

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