Reporter narrowly escapes Ukraine bombing attack targeting Donetsk pro-Russian separatists

CGTN correspondent, Dmitriy Maslak, known for offering deep coverage from the most dangerous areas of the Ukrainian Russian front line experienced a lucky near miss on the battlefield.

Reporting from the frontline in Donetsk where pro-Russian militia forces were fighting against the Ukrainian army and turned out to take a narrow escape from a bombing attack that took place only ten meters away from them.

He and his team were located some five kilometres away from downtown Donetsk city, where multiple buildings were seriously damaged by bombings.

To offer live coverage of the ongoing conflict with first-hand perspective, Maslak embedded with a mortar team of the Donetsk militia forces who have been firing mortars for 24 hours straight in response to the attacks against residential areas in the city over the recent days.