2023-07-22 12:29:34
According to official information from Moscow, a Russian military correspondent has died in the combat zone in southern Ukraine. “Four journalists suffered injuries of varying severity as a result of being fired with cluster munitions by the Ukrainian armed forces,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. The correspondent of the state news agency RIA Novosti, Rostislav Zhuravlyov, succumbed to his wounds on the way to the field hospital.
The Russian agency RIA Novosti confirmed his death. A photo correspondent from RIA Novosti and two employees of the Kremlin-affiliated daily “Izvestia” were also hit. The group is said to have come under fire in the Pyatychatky area south of Zaporizhia. The media representatives are now being taken to the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, which is controlled by Russian occupying forces.
The Ukrainian armed forces have reported the village of Pjatychatky as liberated as part of their counter-offensive, which has been going on since June. However, there is still fierce fighting in the room. Kiev troops have been trying for weeks here and at two other locations in the Zaporizhia region to break through the heavily fortified Russian defense lines on the southern front.
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