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Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Kremlin accuses Kyiv of deliberately targeting Russian reporters with fatal strike
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Tuesday accused the Ukrainian military of deliberately targeting a group of Russian journalists working in part of Moscow-controlled eastern Ukraine with a fatal strike. The attack killed Alexander Fedorchak, a war correspondent from Russia's Izvestia media outlet, as well as camera operator Andrei Panov and driver Alexander Sirkeli who worked for the Zvezda television channel, the Russian foreign ministry said on Monday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed his condolences to the families of those who had lost their lives. "The (artillery) fire was targeted. They were deliberately targeted to kill them. The Kyiv regime continues its atrocities against journalists and people who do not have weapons in their hands," said Peskov. Reuters could not independently verify the Russian reports late on Monday. Ukraine's presidential office and the foreign ministry did not immediately respond to Reuters' request to comment outside office hours.
Al Jazeera
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Russian journalists among six reported killed in Ukrainian rocket attack
A Ukrainian rocket attack killed six people, including three Russian state media workers, in eastern Ukraine's Russian-occupied Luhansk region, according to Russian news organisations and officials. The attack on Monday killed war correspondent Alexander Fedorchak, a journalist from Russia's main pro-Kremlin Izvestia newspaper, as well as a camera operator, Andrei Panov, who worked for Russian television channel Zvezda, and the channel's driver, Alexander Sirkeli, the Moscow-appointed governor of the Luhansk region, Leonid Pasechnik, said. Pasechnik said a 14-year-old child was also killed in the attack in the region's Kremina district. Izvestia said Fedorchak had entered the Luhansk region – most of which has been captured by invading Russian forces – after reporting from the Kupiansk area in the neighbouring Kharkiv region, one of the areas where Russian forces have made advances against Ukraine's troops in recent months. 'Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak was killed in the zone of the special military operation,' the newspaper said, using Moscow's term for its war on Ukraine. Russia's state-controlled English-language RT outlet posted an image of Fedorchak on social media, saying only that the war correspondent's 'circumstances of death' are 'not clear yet'.Izvestia said that its correspondent was killed 'in the Kupiansk direction' – a city that has been under intense Russian attack and where Russian forces have been advancing. 'His last report was broadcast literally the day before,' Izvestia said on its website. The Zvezda channel – which is sponsored by Moscow's Ministry of Defence – later said that its correspondent, Nikita Goldin, had also been seriously wounded in the attack, which it described as a strike on a civilian vehicle. Ukrainian officials have yet to comment on the Russian claims that the journalists were targeted. Russian news agencies quoted security sources as saying the attack had been carried out by advanced HIMARS rockets, which have been supplied to Ukraine by the United States. Alexander Miroshnik, an ambassador-at-large for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said there was evidence the journalists had been deliberately targeted. 'More and more details are emerging of the killing of these guys that point to the premeditated and terrorist nature of the strike on journalists and people alongside them,' he wrote on Telegram. Figures from the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine show that 18 Ukrainian and foreign reporters have been killed on assignment since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Another 10 journalists have been killed by bombs or shelling while not at work. More than 80 media employees have been killed while serving in the Ukrainian military. Alexander Martemyanov, a freelance reporter working for Izvestia, was killed in Ukraine in January. Fighting has been particularly intense in Ukraine's eastern Donbas area – made up of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions – where Russian forces have concentrated on capturing more territory from Ukraine after an initial drive failed to reach the capital Kyiv in the early stages of the war.
Yahoo
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
3 Russian state media employees killed in occupied Luhansk Oblast
Three employees from Russian state-affiliated media were killed in occupied Luhansk Oblast while on assignment, several news outlets reported on March 24. The victims included Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak, as well as Zvezda TV cameraman Andrei Panov and driver Alexander Sirkeli. Izvestia announced that Fedorchak died while reporting from the front lines. The journalist often covered Kharkiv and Luhansk oblasts as well as Russia's Kursk region. "His last report was broadcast literally the day before," the newspaper said. In January, Izvestia newspaper reported that a Ukrainian "kamikaze" drone attack killed one of its freelance reporters, Alexander Martemyanov, while he was traveling on a highway in occupied eastern Ukraine. Originally a Soviet state newspaper, Izvestia is now owned by the National Media Group (NMG), a media conglomerate with significant state-controlled ownership and close ties to the Kremlin. Meanwhile, Zvezda, a channel linked to Russia's Defense Ministry, said two of its crew members were killed when their vehicle was struck. Russia's Investigative Committee launched an investigation into the incident, saying that the journalists were killed in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast. Leonid Pasechnik, Moscow-installed leader in Luhansk, claimed the attack occurred in the Kreminna district, also killing three civilians. The incident occurred as Ukraine and Russia held talks with the United States regarding a possible partial ceasefire. Russia has intensified its assaults on Ukraine's civilian areas over the past weeks. Read also: Russian missile strike on Sumy injures more than 90, including 23 children We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
Al Arabiya
25-03-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Ukrainian artillery attack kills six in east, including three journalists
A Ukrainian artillery strike on Monday killed six people in eastern Ukraine 's Luhansk region, including three journalists, the region's Russia-installed governor said. Leonid Pasechnik, writing on Telegram, said the attack killed a journalist from Russia's Izvestia media outlet, Alexander Fedorchak. Also killed were Andrei Panov and Alexander Sirkeli, a camera operator and driver for Zvezda, a television channel run by Russia's Defence Ministry. A freelance reporter working for Izvestia was killed in Ukraine in January. Pasechnik said a 14-year-old child was also killed in Monday's incident. Nearly all of the Luhansk region has been captured by Russian forces in the more than three-year-old war pitting Moscow against Kyiv. Luhansk has been annexed and incorporated into Russia, along with three other regions partly held by Russia - Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Yahoo
24-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukrainian artillery attack kills six in east, including three journalists, regional head says
(Reuters) - A Ukrainian artillery strike on Monday killed six people in eastern Ukraine's Luhansk region, including three journalists, the region's Russia-installed governor said. Leonid Pasechnik, writing on Telegram, said the attack killed a journalist from Russia's Izvestia media outlet, Alexander Fedorchak. Also killed were Andrei Panov and Alexander Sirkeli, a camera operator and driver for Zvezda, a television channel run by Russia's Defence Ministry. A freelance reporter working for Izvestia was killed in Ukraine in January. Pasechnik said a 14-year-old child was also killed in Monday's incident. Nearly all of the Luhansk region has been captured by Russian forces in the more than three-year-old war pitting Moscow against Kyiv. Luhansk has been annexed and incorporated into Russia, along with three other regions partly held by Russia - Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
