Russian war correspondent Ivan Zuyev has been killed in a Ukrainian drone attack, his employer, RIA Novosti news agency, announced on Thursday. Another journalist, Yury Voytkevich, was wounded and is in stable condition.
The incident occurred in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region, north of Crimea.
Dmitry Kiselev, head of RIA’s parent company Rossiya Segodnya, described Zuyev as a brave journalist who died in the line of duty. “He did a lot to report the truth from the warzone,” he said.
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Russia calls on relevant international organizations to immediately condemn Ukraine’s attack that killed Russian war correspondent Ivan Zuyev, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.
ReplyDeleteWe demand that relevant multilateral institutions, first of all the UNESCO director general, OSCE representative on freedom of the media, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, and other transnational human rights structures fulfill their obligations in good faith, immediately condemn the Kiev regime’s latest crime and take exhaustive measures to prevent such things in the future," she said.