The head of UNESCO concerned about the liquidation of the correspondents of the Russian Federation in Ukraine
Victoria Ivanova. Director-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova said that deeply shocked by the liquidation of the workers of " Vesti " Igor Igor and Anton Voloshin near the city of Lugansk.
" I am deeply shocked by the death of correspondents - Igor Igor and Anton Voloshin. The work of a journalist, the most in situations of tension needed to fuel public debate, promote the resumption of dialogue and understanding ", - is reported in Thursday the application Side.
She called on all parties to the conflict to respect the civilian status of journalists and to provide the fulfillment of their professional work in safety.
the journalist of " Vesti " Igor Korneluk and video engineer Anton Voloshin were killed by mortar fire near the villages of Metalist and Peaceful near the city of Lugansk in Eastern Ukraine. The Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed Lugansk people's Republic Vasily Nikitin said that aimed fire from mortars led the national guard under. The Ukrainian side is their version of the incident was not during the day. First of murder of the correspondent has recognized illegal in the United Nations and other international, non-governmental and human rights organizations.