A Russian journalist from the Ria Novosti news agency, Rostislav Jouravlev, was killed in a Ukrainian bombardment in the Zaporizhia region of southern Ukraine on Saturday. This was announced by the Russian army in a press release.
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Rostislav Jouravlev was a journalist for the Ria Novosti news agency. ” Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine launched an artillery attack on a group of journalists […] injuring four journalists more or less seriously, said the Russian military. During the evacuation, Rostislav Jouravlev […] died of his injuries, following a submunition explosion “. The condition of the other three injured journalists is “stable”. The Russian army said that “they were quickly evacuated to the medical facilities” of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to Rostislav Jouravlev’s employer, the Ria Novosti news agency, ” the shelling took place near the village of Pyatikhatky in the region of Zaporijjia, south of the pass. The Moscow-installed regional governor, Yevgeny Balitsky, confirmed the journalist’s death on Telegram, saying ” [ses] deepest condolences to family and friends “.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called it ” heinous crime “premeditated the death in a Ukrainian bombing of the Russian journalist, judging the West ” responsible “alongside kyiv and promising” answer to those responsible for this attack. ” Everything indicates that the attack on the group of journalists was not carried out by chance “said Russian diplomacy in a statement. ” We have no illusions that the competent international organizations will prefer, as before in such cases, to turn a blind eye to this heinous crime. »
Ukrainian Deutsche Welle cameraman injured
At the same time, a Ukrainian cameraman, Ievguen Chylko, filming with a team from Deutsche Welle a report 23 km from the front line on the Ukrainian side, was injured. by fragments of Russian submunitions “, indicated the television channel. During these shootings, a Ukrainian soldier was killed “ and others were seriously injured “, she added in a press release.
Two other members of the channel’s team, a journalist and a security adviser, escaped unscathed. They were shooting a report on a training center of the Ukrainian army ” near Druzhkivka in Donbass, Donesk Oblast. ” The target of the Russian attack was probably the Ukrainian training ground “said Deutsche Welle.
At the same time, the German public television channel Deutsche Welle reported that one of its Ukrainian cameramen had been injured by Russian cluster munitions while reporting on the Ukrainian army near the front line.
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(With AFP)