According to the outlet’s editor-in-chief, an Italian photojournalist working for a digital news outlet, Difensa Online, has come under mortar attack in eastern Ukraine.
An Italian photojournalist working for a digital news outlet, Difensa Online, has come under mortar attack in eastern Ukraine, the outlet’s editor-in-chief told on Thursday.
“The photojournalist’s name is Giorgio Bianchi…Yesterday evening, he was on the outskirts of the Donetsk airport,” Andrea Cucco said, adding Bianchi was not hurt.
Eduard Basturin, a military commander in the Donetsk People’s Republic, said the journalist was caught in artillery fire on Wednesday close to a rebel-held village of Spartak.