War in Ukraine: Russian journalist killed by drone

The Russian newspaper Izvestia announced on Saturday that one of its correspondents was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Zaporizhia region in southeastern Ukraine.

The attack occurred Friday as journalist Semion Eremine and his film crew were returning from a report in the front-line village of Pryiutne, said the daily, which has a pro-Kremlin line.

“Semion Eremine’s film crew was attacked by several enemy drones at once. The first strike missed its target, but the second hit the journalist who died from his injuries.”

The correspondent, 42, had previously reported from behind the front lines in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, including the fighting city of Mariupol, the correspondent said. Russian newspaper.

“Act of revenge”

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova strongly condemned the attack, calling it an “act of revenge” against the correspondent. “We call on international organizations and human rights groups to immediately and strongly condemn this new brutal murder of a Russian journalist,” she said.

According to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), at least 15 journalists have been killed while covering the conflict in Ukraine.

AFP

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