Ukrainian servicemen on the line of contact in the Donetsk region. Archival photoMOSCOW, Feb. 20 Among those who came under fire in Donbass, together with the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Denis Monastyrsky, were journalists from Agence France Presse and CNN, CNN reported. Earlier, the press secretary of the pro-presidential faction Servant of the People Yulia Paliychuk said that deputies of the Verkhovna Rada and representatives of foreign media came under shelling in the Donbass, they were evacuated to a shelter. Later, Interior Minister Advisor Anton Gerashchenko specified that Interior Minister Denis Monastyrsky was also under fire.
" on Saturday, when she accompanied the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine on the front line,» the channel said.
On Thursday, the situation in the Donbass escalated, the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics announced dozens of attacks by Ukrainian security forces. The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. First of all, it concerns women, children and the elderly.The development of the situation in the Donbass is in the online report >>