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Ukrainian photojournalist killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine

Associated Press
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    Fuel pumps are covered in sandbags in order to be protect them from possible shelling in Donetsk, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. The recent pullback of some weapons from the line separating government and rebel forces in Ukraine seems to have boosted the prospects for peace, although both sides are warning of their readiness to resume fighting if necessary. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) (The Associated Press)

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    A local elderly woman holds humanitarian aid distributed in Popasna, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. The recent pullback of some weapons from the line separating government and rebel forces in Ukraine seems to have boosted the prospects for peace, although both sides are warning of their readiness to resume fighting if necessary. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) (The Associated Press)

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    A man carries buckets with water as local residents queue to get humanitarian aid being distributed in Popasna, eastern Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2015. The recent pullback of some weapons from the line separating government and rebel forces in Ukraine seems to have boosted the prospects for peace, although both sides are warning of their readiness to resume fighting if necessary. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) (The Associated Press)

ARTEMIVSK, Ukraine – A Ukrainian photojournalist has been killed in shelling in eastern Ukraine.

Serhiy Nikolayev, a staff photographer for the Segodnya newspaper, was killed Saturday in the village of Pisky, according to Kateryna Perepelitsa, an editor at the paper.

Perepelitsa says Nikolayev wasn't there on assignment, but refused to elaborate. Few Ukrainian media officially send their staffers to the east on assignment, with many going to the region on their own to operate as freelancers for their employers.

Despite the cease-fire declared earlier this month, fighting regularly erupts across the region.

Pisky is just north of the airport in the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. Artillery strikes in the area have been reported in recent days.

Six other journalists have been killed in eastern Ukraine since the conflict began in April.