The UN security Council adopted in Tuesday's statement, asked in a persistent form to investigate the death of correspondents in Ukraine.
The text of the statement read out by the present head of the UN security Council, Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, RIA " Novosti." The members of the Security Council campaigning for a thorough investigation of all incidents of violence, as well as among them regarding correspondents, " said Churkin. Remember, VGTRK journalist Igor Korneluk received a serious wound near the city of Lugansk and died on the operating table. Later VGTRK agreed death of another journalist Anton Voloshin, the fate of which until recently remained unknown. Correspondents VGTRK worked on the front lines. Being very close to one of the checkpoints Between towns Metalist and peace, filmed, as Lugansk militia evacuate locals from the area mortar fire. A cameraman Viktor Denisov, who managed to escape from under mortar fire, said that the journalists were the identification marks of the media. Around midnight on Tuesday, the President of the Russian Federation centuries Putin in a telephone conversation with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said about the need to provide security correspondents. Petro Poroshenko at the request of the OSCE ordered to take proceedings to death under the Lugansk journalist of " Vesti " Igor Igor. Before, Investigation Committee of Russia opened a criminal case under the criminal code according to section " murder " on the fact of death of Igor Igor near the city of Lugansk. However, the SBU said that the deceased journalist was not allowed at the workplace. Yesterday stated that close Slavyansk Donetsk under fire hit photographer RIA " Novosti " Andrei Stenin, a freelance worker videoamanda Ruptly Russian RT Andrew and getting settled at the Journalists of the newspaper " Komsomolskaya Pravda " Alexander Kots and Dmitry Steshin. In may about Slavyansk under mortar fire came a group of foreign correspondents, because of this Italian journalist Andy Rockelli and his translator Andrei Mironov lost his life, and French photographer William Rogulin injured.

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