British photographer injured in overnight attack on Avdiyivka

12:10, 03.02.2017 1 min read

British photographer Christopher Nunn and Lt. Col. Dmytro Treteykin of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service were wounded in an attack on Avdiyivka on Thursday night.

British photographer Christopher Nunn suffered an injury during an attack on Avdiyivka on February 2. "He was taken to the 66th military hospital with an injury to the left eye; he was examined and transferred to Mechnikov Regional Clinical Hospital in the city of Dnipro where he was given professional medical attention," the Ukrainian army press center said on Facebook.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian State Emergency Service head Mykola Chechetkin said on Facebook that Lt. Col. Treteykin, who was also wounded in the bombardment of the city, remained in grave condition following 3.5-hour surgery. A medical service aircraft will airlift him from Pokrovsk to a Dnipro hospital on Friday.