Journalists Anton Skiba and Graham Phillips have been abducted in Donetsk by Russian-backed rebels, media outlets say.
A freelance journalist working for CNN in Ukraine has been abducted by pro-Russian separatists, the network says.
CNN
According to CNN, armed men from the Donetsk People's Republic seized Anton Skiba on Tuesday outside a hotel in separatist-controlled Donetsk after he had worked for one day with a CNN crew.
Maxim Zmeyev / Reuters
Since his detention, CNN has attempted through a number of different separatist officials, including the office of the self-declared separatist prime minister Alexander Borodai, to secure Skiba's freedom.
CNN chose not to report his abduction at the time while making efforts to obtain his release.
That has not happened to date, so CNN is now publicly asking those who are holding Skiba to release him immediately.
Via cnn.com
On Wednesday, Skiba made a short phone call to CNN that was cut off as he added that he would "not be available." It was unclear whether Skiba was speaking under duress.
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