DONETSK - The defense minister of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) has ordered journalistic reporting to be temporarily banned in hostility zones, according to the official website of the DPR ministry of information and mass media.
“During the hostilities journalists will be banned from taking photos, videos and audio recordings, as well as staying in the hostility zone and in an area in close proximity to military objects,” the statement said.
Russia Today journalist William Phillips and Anna News stringer Vadim Aksyonov went missing near the Donetsk airport in the early hours of Wednesday morning. DPR representatives presumed the correspondents may have been held by the Ukrainian military.
“They were filming in close proximity to the positions of the Ukrainian troops and might have been captured. Currently, the DPR military agencies are investigating the circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the journalists,” DPR Security Council member Serhiy Kavtaradze told Interfax on July 23.
