Donbass: immersion on both sides of the front line

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France 2

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A.Vahramian, L.Lacroix, S.Yassine, P.Miette, P.Yurov, O.Busko – France 2

France Televisions

In the Donbass, the Russian army intensified its strikes in Kramatorsk. To Lymanit was the Russian forces that suffered the attacks of the Ukrainian forces. Reporters from France Télévisions, present on both sides of the front line, recount the fighting.

In early July, on the Russian-controlled side of the DonbassFrance Télévisions reporters are on their way to the city of Lyman, with pro-Russian separatists. Suddenly, Ukrainian mortar fire hits about twenty meters away. Even on the roads that the pro-Russian separatists consider safe, the Ukrainians still manage to fire. It shows how fluctuating the front line here is.“, explains Luc Lacroix, special envoy in the Donbass.

On the Ukrainian side, a team from France Télévisions is in the city center of Kramatorsk. A Russian missile has just fallen in a residential area. He was targeting soldiers, but it was a civilian who was killed. Six other people were injured. Back on the Russian side, the journalists arrive at Lyman and discover a city targeted by the Ukrainian army since the soldiers from Moscow left seized.

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