MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian state television reporter was killed in Ukraine and his colleague is missing after their position was shelled in clashes between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists near the eastern city of Luhansk, the Rossiya-24 channel said on Tuesday.
Igor Kornelyuk, 37, died in hospital after coming under fire while covering heavy fighting that began overnight when Ukrainian forces made a push to enter the main city in Ukraine's easternmost province, near the border with Russia, it said.
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