A Russian journalist, wounded during clashes in eastern Ukraine, has died, Russian news agency ITAR-TASS reported Tuesday. All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) reporter Igor Kornelyuk was wounded during fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Tensions remain high in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists are clashing with government forces.
Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli, 30, and his Russian interpreter were killed in Slavyansk province on May 24, after being hit by a mortar shell in a roadside ditch where he was seeking shelter with another French journalist.
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