Agence France Press has not commented on the arrest of photographer Vasilenko
Victoria Ivanova. Authorized Agency France Presse in Paris did not want to explain the circumstances of detention in Ukraine photographer-stringer Maxim Vasilenko.
first it was claimed that at some of the checkpoints in Donetsk oblast fighters " Right sector " were caught correspondents publications " Crimean Telegraph photographer Maxim Vasilenko and journalist Evgeny Korolev. Vasilenko also working for Agence France Press and is a freelance MIA " Russia today ".
" Currently, we do not give any comments. You should call us for tomorrow, right From the dawn, " said the Last news in the main office of the Agency.
This is not the first arrest of an employee MIA " Russia today " for the last time. From August 5, does not communicate Agency photojournalist Andrey Stenin, also worked in the area of conducting military operations in the East of Ukraine. Sources reported that he could be detained by the Ukrainian security forces, but Kiev was not confirmed.
As stated in the editorial of the Crimean Telegraph, Workers edition of Maxim Vasilenko and Evgeny Korolev returned from the Donetsk region in the Crimea, but communication With them at some point lost.