RT reporters have come under fire Friday in the city of Uglegorsk, Donbas region, where the evacuation of civilians is underway.
#RT we are back in #Donetsk. Our crew came under sniper fire en route to #Debaltsevo today. We were shot at while standing at checkpoint.
— Roman Kosarev (@Kosarev_RT) 6 февраля 2015
RT journalists Roman Kosarev and Anna Knishenko had been near a checkpoint near Debaltseve, from which buses with civilians were to leave the city.
According to RT, its crew had to run for shelter after it was caught up in a mortar attack on the western outskirts of Debaltseve.
Correspondents of the Russian TV channel Rossiya-24, Dmitry Malyshev and Artyom Kol, were in the city of Chornukhyne in the country’s east, when they were attacked by Kiev forces.
According to one of the correspondents who came under fire, the refugees in Luhansk region were attacked by Kiev volunteer battalion Aydar members.
