A BBC team has been attacked in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan.
They had gone to investigate reports of Russian servicemen being killed near the border with Ukraine.
The team’s cameraman was beaten up and the camera smashed during the attack. The recorded material left in the car had been deleted, the team found after returning from the police station.
The BBC has lodged a formal protest with Russia over the incident and called for an investigation.
The authorities in Astrakhan have launched a criminal case into the attack, Russia’s Interfax news agency reports.
