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Arab News
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Chinese journalist hurt by Ukrainian drone attack in Russia: network
BEIJING: A Chinese TV journalist was wounded by a Ukrainian drone attack in Russia's Kursk region while reporting near targeted facilities, his employer said Friday. Lu Yuguang, a reporter with the state-affiliated Phoenix TV, 'was wounded in the head' on Thursday afternoon and was sent to hospital for treatment, the broadcaster said. In a video circulated by Russian state television on Friday, Lu was seen speaking to reporters with a white bandage over his head. Lu was with a film crew in the village of Korenevo at the time of the strike, Russia's foreign ministry said. It accused Kyiv of 'deliberately attacking' journalists and called on 'responsible governments to condemn' it. Beijing's foreign ministry also said it was 'deeply concerned' that a Chinese journalist had been wounded. 'The Chinese side calls on all parties to commit to a political resolution of the Ukraine crisis and jointly work toward easing tensions,' spokesman Guo Jiakun said. China has portrayed itself as a neutral party in Russia's more than three-year war with Ukraine. But Western governments say Beijing's close ties have given Moscow crucial economic and diplomatic support.
Al Arabiya
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Ukrainian drone attack on Kursk injures Chinese reporter
A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Kursk region on the border with Ukraine injured a war correspondent from the Chinese news outlet Phoenix TV, Russian authorities said late on Thursday, urging the United Nations to respond to the incident. 'A Ukrainian drone today struck the village of Korenevo in the Korenevsky district,' acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, said on the Telegram messaging app. 'A 63-year-old correspondent, Lu Yuguang, who went to the border area on his own, was injured.' Khinshtein said in a later post that the journalist had skin cuts to his head and after treatment, refused hospitalization. Russia's foreign ministry called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other international organizations to 'promptly respond and give a proper assessment' of the incident. 'The targeted attack .... indicates the intention of the Kyiv regime to silence and de facto destroy representatives of any media that seek to convey objective information,' Maria Zakharova, the foreign ministry's spokeswoman, said in a Telegram post. Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate response from Ukraine's foreign ministry and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office to Reuters' request for comment outside business hours. Phoenix TV reported the incident but has not issued a separate statement. According to Russia's state and official media outlets, Lu has been reporting on the war since its early days. Russia launched the war with a full-scale invasion on Ukraine in February 2022. Lu told Russia's state news agencies that he was feeling fine. 'Western journalists are not visible at all (in Kursk),' Lu said in a video posted by TASS on social media, with his head in bandages, 'We, Chinese journalists, want to convey what happened in the Kursk region.' Russia and Ukraine have launched numerous cross-border attacks since the start of the war. Parts of Kursk were seized and occupied by Ukrainian forces in a surprise offensive in August 2024 before they were driven out earlier this year.
Al Arabiya
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Ukraine's drone attack restricts traffic in Russia's Volgograd
Traffic on the Don River in the Kalachevsky district of Russia's Volgograd region was temporarily restricted to eliminate wreckage from a 'massive' Ukrainian drone attack, the regional governor's administration said on Friday. 'Sappers are at work,' Volgograd Governor Andrei Bocharov was cited as saying in a post on the Telegram messaging app by the region's administration. He added that there were no injuries as a result of the attack. It was not immediately clear whether the bridge on the Don River, Europe's fifth-longest, was damaged. The Russian defense ministry said in a post on Telegram that its air defense units destroyed 39 Ukrainian drones overnight over the Russian territory and the Crimean Peninsula, including 13 over the Volgograd region. Volgograd airport was closed for more than three hours before flights were restored just before 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT), Russia's civil aviation authority Rosaviatsia said on Telegram.
Reuters
27-06-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Ukrainian drone attack on Kursk injures Chinese reporter, Russia says
June 27 (Reuters) - A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Kursk region on the border with Ukraine injured a war correspondent from the Chinese news outlet Phoenix TV, Russian authorities said late on Thursday, urging the United Nations to respond to the incident. "A Ukrainian drone today struck the village of Korenevo in the Korenevsky district," acting governor of the Kursk region, Alexander Khinshtein, said on the Telegram messaging app. "A 63-year-old correspondent, Lu Yuguang, who went to the border area on his own, was injured." Khinshtein said in a later post that the journalist had skin cuts to his head and after treatment, refused hospitalisation. Russia's foreign ministry called on the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and other international organisations to "promptly respond and give a proper assessment" of the incident. "The targeted attack .... indicates the intention of the Kyiv regime to silence and de facto destroy representatives of any media that seek to convey objective information," Maria Zakharova, the foreign ministry's spokeswoman, said in a Telegram post. Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There was no immediate response from Ukraine's foreign ministry and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office to Reuters' request for comment outside business hours. Phoenix TV reported the incident but has not issued a separate statement. According to Russia's state and official media outlets, Lu has been reporting on the war since its early days. Russia launched the war with a full-scale invasion on Ukraine in February 2022. Lu told Russia's state news agencies that he was feeling fine. "Western journalists are not visible at all (in Kursk)," Lu said in a video posted by TASS on social media, with his head in bandages, "We, Chinese journalists, want to convey what happened in the Kursk region." Russia and Ukraine have launched numerous cross-border attacks since the start of the war. Parts of Kursk were seized and occupied by Ukrainian forces in a surprise offensive in August 2024 before they were driven out earlier this year.
ABC News
25-06-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Military planners must realise security no longer stops at the border, says DroneShield
DroneShield chief executive Oleg Vornik says the recent spectacular Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's strategic bomber fleet has underscored how asymmetric warfare is a new battlefield.
