Italian Journalist Killed In Ukraine Crossfire -- Sydney Morning Herald
Rome: An Italian journalist and his Russian translator have been killed in fighting between pro-Russian forces and Ukrainian government troops in eastern Ukraine, the Italian Foreign Ministry has confirmed.
The bodies of Andrea Rocchelli, a freelance photographer who worked with the Cesura photographers' collective, and his colleague, Andrey Mironov, were taken to a hospital in the town of Slaviansk.
French freelance journalist William Roguelon, who had been travelling with Rocchelli and his translator, said the group came under fire on the outskirts of the eastern town on Saturday afternoon.
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My Comment: My sources in eastern Ukraine have been telling me for the past 2-3 weeks that it is now incredibly dangerous to drive around in the rebel provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk. Ukrainian and pro-separatist forces are everywhere, and skirmishes are now becoming a common occurrence.
5 comments:
From this video:
1. Got any idea what the graffiti on the wall to the left of the shot up cars is? It's looks like a circle with a y in it.
2. The guy at the hospital they interviewed is in my opinion lying about what happened, why I don't know.
Sorry that read "shot up car" not cars.
No idea on what the Y in the middle of the circle means. Even checked Google and a Russian equivalent .... but nothing specific.
As to the French reporter interviewed in the hospital .... I do not know if he is lying or telling the truth, but when it comes to news from Ukraine right now .... I advise everyone to be very skeptical on what you read and hear.
That is why I am trying my best in this blog to give multiple sources on any given story .... at least this way we have everyone's opinion and I will let you .... the reader .... decide on what is true or not. And then I throw in my two cents worth.
"That is why I am trying my best in this blog to give multiple sources on any given story .... at least this way we have everyone's opinion and I will let you .... the reader .... decide on what is true or not. And then I throw in my two cents worth." This is one of the biggest reasons I come here, you do a good job.
Like I said, I don't know why, but the impression I get that that guy is lying is very strong.
Oh yeah, the graffiti, it's something to watch for now.
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