Russian senator blames Ukraine, West for journalist Zhuravlev’s death in Zaporozhye Region

The wounds of journalists and the death of RIA Novosti correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev in a Ukrainian cluster munitions strike prove that the assurances of the Americans and Ukrainians about the non-use of these weapons against civilians are lies, and therefore both Kiev and Washington equally share responsibility for this crime, Russian Federation Council Deputy Speaker Konstantin Kosachev said on Saturday.
"The use of cluster munitions is inhumane and must be excluded from combat practices. And all the assurances of the Americans and Ukrainians that they are not planning to use these weapons against non-combatants turned out to be blatant lies. The responsibility for this crime falls equally on Ukraine and the United States," the senator wrote on his Telegram channel.

Kosachev said that the reports about the death of a journalist was "horrifying news."