A dozen armed men stopped the Nine News Europe correspondent and his TV
crew as they tried to enter the besieged eastern Ukrainian town of
Slovyansk, a flashpoint in the worsening Ukrainian crisis.
"Very tense on outskirts of Slovyansk," Stefanovic tweeted overnight.
"We were just held by a dozen armed separatists. Wanted our armour and told to delete pictures."
Stefanovic says the stand-off lasted for around 30 minutes and the troops spoke to them in Russian before releasing them unharmed.
"It was very threatening," he told Nine News this morning.
More than 30 pro-Russian rebels were killed and dozens wounded in Monday's military assault on Slovyansk, which also claimed the lives of four Ukrainian soldiers.
Rebel fighters included several from Russia and Chechnya as well as Crimea, annexed by Moscow in March, according to Ukrainian officials.
Read more: Nine News journalist detained in Ukraine
"Very tense on outskirts of Slovyansk," Stefanovic tweeted overnight.
"We were just held by a dozen armed separatists. Wanted our armour and told to delete pictures."
Stefanovic says the stand-off lasted for around 30 minutes and the troops spoke to them in Russian before releasing them unharmed.
"It was very threatening," he told Nine News this morning.
More than 30 pro-Russian rebels were killed and dozens wounded in Monday's military assault on Slovyansk, which also claimed the lives of four Ukrainian soldiers.
Rebel fighters included several from Russia and Chechnya as well as Crimea, annexed by Moscow in March, according to Ukrainian officials.
Read more: Nine News journalist detained in Ukraine
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