Journalists of the Zvezda TV channel came under fire in the suburbs of Donetsk

Eduard Basurin

(Photo: Valentin Sprinchak / TASS)

The film crew of the Zvezda TV channel came under fire in the suburbs of Donetsk, should from the statement of the official representative of the People’s Militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Eduard Basurin. About this also reported on the channel’s website.

“According to operational information, in the course of work at the site of the destruction of residential buildings near the village of Spartak, a film crew of journalists from the Zvezda TV channel came under fire from Ukrainian militants from the 56th brigade,” the report says.

The department also indicated that due to mortar attacks from the positions of the 56th motorized infantry brigade in the Spartak area, several residential buildings caught fire.

Since the beginning of the day, fire has been opened on the territory of the DPR 29 times, of which 28 times with the use of 122-mm cannon artillery, 120- and 82-mm mortars, firing 296 shells and mines, the police added.

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