Deaths of Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin

Deaths of Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin
LocationMetalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion, Ukraine
CoordinatesN 48° 37' 23.9455" / E 39° 16' 42.3664"
DateJune 17, 2014
TargetPro-Russian separatists
Attack type
Mortar[1] shelling
WeaponsD-30 howitzers[citation needed]
DeathsIgor Kornelyuk, Anton Voloshin, and 5 rebels
PerpetratorsUkrainian artillery battalion[clarification needed]

On 17 June 2014, Russian state television correspondent Igor Kornelyuk and sound engineer Anton Voloshin were victims of a mortar strike[2][3][4] launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion, Ukraine, while travelling with a group of LPR rebel separatist fighters during the ongoing war in Donbass.[5] They were killed in the attack, along with five rebels.[6][7] Cameraman Viktor Denisov was not injured in the attack.[citation needed]

A Ukrainian military pilot, Nadiya Savchenko, who served as instructor with a volunteer infantry unit, Aidar Battalion, was taken prisoner by the rebel forces at the LPR territory, brought to Russia and convicted to 22 years of imprisonment for allegedly directing the mortar fire and illegal crossing of the Russian border.[8][9] After two years of imprisonment, she was released in a prisoner swap for two Russian prisoners in Ukraine.[10]

  1. ^ What are the differences between Mortar and Howitzer?
  2. ^ "Igor Kornelyuk". Committee to Protect Journalists. June 17, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  3. ^ "Two Russian Reporters Killed in Mortar Attack in Eastern Ukraine". Reuters. June 17, 2014. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  4. ^ "TASS: World – Russian journalists killed near Luhansk". TASS.
  5. ^ Larson, Jordan (June 17, 2014). "Russian TV Reporter Killed in Luhansk Mortar Attack". Vice News. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  6. ^ "I have right for everything", by Novaya gazeta
  7. ^ Conlon, Kevin (June 17, 2014). "Russian Television Reporter Killed in Ukraine". Cable News Network. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  8. ^ "TASS: World – Ukrainian army ex-pilot found guilty of death of Russian journalists near Lugansk – court". TASS.
  9. ^ Nemtsova, Anna (22 March 2016). "Ukraine Pilot Sings As Russia Jails Her For 22 Years". The Daily Beast.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference swap was invoked but never defined (see the help page).