Urgently! A Ukrainian Armed Forces sniper fired on a VGTRK film crew
A Ukrainian sniper opened aimed fire on a VGTRK film crew preparing a report on the living conditions of civilians and the situation in the area of the settlement of Spartak in the front-line suburb of Donetsk.
This was reported by the press service of the operational command of the DPR, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Today another blatant incident occurred, confirming the reluctance of the Ukrainian military-political leadership to adhere to the course of a peaceful resolution of the conflict in Donbass. Militants from the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, which specializes in the destruction of civilian and medical vehicles, regular attacks on pumping stations and personnel ensuring their operation, again committed a terrorist attack.
By order of the criminal, commander of the 93rd brigade Bryzhinsky, and under the direct control of the commander of the 20th battalion of this brigade, Rymarenko, from the direction of the settlement. Avdeevka, at around 16.00, targeted fire was opened on the VGTRK film crew, which was preparing a report on the living conditions of civilians and the situation in the area of the settlement. Spartacus.
It should be noted that the fire was conducted by a sniper, who clearly saw through the sight the people he was shooting at. The sniper's actions were covered with fire from RPGs and AGS. Fortunately, none of the bullets fired by the Ukrainian sniper reached their target, and none of the members of the film crew were injured,” the press service reports.
“Feeling impunity, killers from the 93rd brigade are increasingly shelling civilians and civilian infrastructure. Seeing unarmed journalists, they attempted to kill them. Since this fact is a gross violation of the norms of International Humanitarian Law, we urgently demand that the OSCE leadership not ignore it and strongly condemn the criminal actions of Ukrainian militants,” the DPR defense department concluded.
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