Anton Voloshin and Igor Kornelyuk, two Russian journalists for a Russian's state-owned TV channel died Tuesday in eastern Ukraine after being hit by mortar fire, the Rossiya 24 network said.
Russia's State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK) reporter Kornelyuk and Voloshin were wounded during fighting between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Tension remains high in eastern Ukraine, where pro-Russian separatists are clashing with government forces.
Italian journalist Andrea Rocchelli, 30, and his Russian interpreter were killed in Slavyansk province on May 24, after being hit by a mortar shell in a roadside ditch where he was seeking shelter with another French journalist.
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