Correspondents of the Russian TV station caught on Tuesday under mortar fire at Donetsk airport were Not damaged, informs the press service of the channel.

"journalist RT Murad Gazdiev, and two operators were under heavy mortar fire during shooting stand-up at the Donetsk airport. No one was hurt, " said in a press release.

the channel said that the fire crew was opened despite the fact that the RT correspondents were dressed in flak jackets with the words " Press ".

"Shells whistling fell in practice close to us, within 50 to 100 metres. There was enough space to hide, this is what We used. We tried to get out of this place. During this period of time exploded with a dozen shells - just can't remember, but we all filmed on camera, " said Murad Gazdiev, whose words are given in the message.

word gadziev, reporters were able to " short dashes away from Donetsk airport in the direction Donetsk and hide in a safe place." I will not say with certainty that the fire was really on us, but it was very similar to that in whatever direction We went, there was a falling mortar Shells, " he added Gazdiev.

The operator Sam Henderson, who was together with the crew RT, filmed docureader series NewsTeam about the work of correspondent channel, added at RT.

Workers RT while covering the conflict in Ukraine many times came under fire, recalled on the channel. February 6 crew RT came under small arms fire in the vicinity of Uglegorsk. In may last year under the Mariupol was seriously wounded freelance Operator Fyodor Tavalakov. Workers RT came under fire near Kramatorsk in may, and in October 2014 crew RT Arabic came under mortar fire in the Luhansk region.

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