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11:17
25.5.2014
According to AFP, Andrea Ronchelli was killed by a mortar shell:
An Italian journalist was killed Saturday during a mortar shell attack close to Slavyansk, eastern Ukraine, Rome's foreign ministry announced.
"Unfortunately, all of the information points to the fact that he has died," a spokeswoman told AFP on Sunday.
"Unfortunately, all of the information points to the fact that he has died," a spokeswoman told AFP on Sunday.
11:14
25.5.2014
BREAKING: Italian journalist killed in eastern Ukraine
ROME, May 25 (Reuters) - An Italian journalist is believed to have been killed near the eastern Ukrainian town of Slaviansk where pro-Russian forces have been fighting Ukrainian government troops, Ukrainian authorities told the Italian foreign ministry.
Andrea Ronchelli, who Italian media reports said was a freelance photographer, was killed along with a Russian national but his body had not yet been formally identified, the Italian ministry said in a statement issued on Sunday.
The two bodies had been transferred to a hospital in Slaviansk, the statement said. Members of Ronchelli's family were expected to arrive in Kiev on Sunday.
Andrea Ronchelli, who Italian media reports said was a freelance photographer, was killed along with a Russian national but his body had not yet been formally identified, the Italian ministry said in a statement issued on Sunday.
The two bodies had been transferred to a hospital in Slaviansk, the statement said. Members of Ronchelli's family were expected to arrive in Kiev on Sunday.
11:11
25.5.2014
11:08
25.5.2014
Contrast the scene in Donetsk with polls opening in Kharkiv:
And in Rivne:
And in Rivne:
11:03
25.5.2014
Our Ukrainian Service has this video of a closed polling station in Donetsk:
11:00
25.5.2014
10:59
25.5.2014
Little update from Luhansk. The head of the country's Central Election Commission, Mikhail Okhendovsky, told reporters that only two of the 12 polling districts were holding elections.