The last time photojournalist Andrei Stenin got in touch with Rossiya Segodnya, he submitted a set of photographs from the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankWounded Ukrainian paratroopers who were taken captive during a battle for the city of Shakhtarsk.
Wounded Ukrainian paratroopers who were taken captive during a battle for the city of Shakhtarsk.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankUkrainian serviceman, wounded in a military operation in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine.
Ukrainian serviceman, wounded in a military operation in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankThe documents and arm patches of Ukrainian servicemen who were killed in battles in Shakhtarsk, in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine.
The documents and arm patches of Ukrainian servicemen who were killed in battles in Shakhtarsk, in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankFire at a gas station in Shakhtarsk after shelling.
Fire at a gas station in Shakhtarsk after shelling.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankCaptive Ukrainian serviceman digging a grave for his fellow servicemen killed in a battle for the city of Shakhtarsk in Ukraine's Donetsk Region.
Captive Ukrainian serviceman digging a grave for his fellow servicemen killed in a battle for the city of Shakhtarsk in Ukraine's Donetsk Region.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankOne of Andrei Stenin's last photos shows a wounded Ukrainian serviceman, which prompted the Ukrainian Interior Ministry to accuse the photojournalist of "being present during torture and killings in Shakhtarsk and assisting in terrorism".
One of Andrei Stenin's last photos shows a wounded Ukrainian serviceman, which prompted the Ukrainian Interior Ministry to accuse the photojournalist of "being present during torture and killings in Shakhtarsk and assisting in terrorism".
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankStenin went missing in eastern Ukraine on August 5. Sources said that there was the possibility that the journalist was being held by the Ukrainian military, but Kiev never officially confirmed the information.
Stenin went missing in eastern Ukraine on August 5. Sources said that there was the possibility that the journalist was being held by the Ukrainian military, but Kiev never officially confirmed the information.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankOne of Stenin's last pictures, which allegedly gave Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, a reason to say in an interview with Baltkom radio on August 12 that security forces had arrested Stenin on "charges of assisting terrorists". However, later Herashchenko claimed he had been misinterpreted.
One of Stenin's last pictures, which allegedly gave Anton Herashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, a reason to say in an interview with Baltkom radio on August 12 that security forces had arrested Stenin on "charges of assisting terrorists". However, later Herashchenko claimed he had been misinterpreted.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankA photo of the eastern Ukrainian self-defence forces directing their firepower towards the Ukrainian armed forces.
A photo of the eastern Ukrainian self-defence forces directing their firepower towards the Ukrainian armed forces.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankEaster Ukrainian self-defense forces shooting at Ukrainian armed forces with howitzers.
Easter Ukrainian self-defense forces shooting at Ukrainian armed forces with howitzers.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankLocal residents hiding in the entryway of an apartment building during the bombardment of the city of Shakhtarsk in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine.
Local residents hiding in the entryway of an apartment building during the bombardment of the city of Shakhtarsk in the Donetsk Region of Ukraine.
© RIA Novosti . Andrei Stenin / Go to the mediabankA monument to Vladimir Lenin in Shakhtarsk which was damaged by shrapnel during the battle for the city.
A monument to Vladimir Lenin in Shakhtarsk which was damaged by shrapnel during the battle for the city.