On February 13, 2013, in Donetsk, an unknown man impeded journalists of "Donbass" TV-station to film the crash site, with throwing snowballs at the camera, said Odesa.Kommentarii web site.
The TV camera group filmed the work of rescuers near the crashed plane, when an unknown man rudely demanded them o stop shooting, saying that he will throw snowballs at the camera.
In response, the journalists pointed to him that if he would throw snowballs at the camera, he would commit a criminal offense. However, the man threw snowballs at the camera, and hit the lens. In comments to the video, which was posted in the Internet, people claimed that the man who threw snowballs was a police officer, but this information was not confirmed.
On February 13, an AN-24 plane fell and crashed in the Donetsk airport, killing 5 people.