Ukrainian strike with cluster munitions kills Sputnik Journalist- Russian MoD

The Russian Defense Ministry said that four journalists received wounds of varying degrees of severity as a result of the Ukrainian strike with cluster munitions.

Sputnik journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev died during evacuation from injuries caused by cluster submunition explosion, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

“The journalists [shelled by Ukrainian artillery forces] were promptly evacuated to field medical facilities of the Russian Defense Ministry, where they are receiving qualified medical assistance. During the evacuation, Rostislav Zhuravlev, a journalist with the Sputnik news agency, died from injuries caused by a cluster submunition explosion,” the ministry said.

The ministry added that the health condition of other journalists was moderately serious, stable, there was no threat to their life and they were provided with all necessary medical assistance.

Earlier in the day, Sputnik correspondent reported that military journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev was killed by Ukrainian shelling in the special operation zone. In addition, Sputnik photojournalist Konstantin Mikhalchevsky was injured.

A group of journalists came under fire near the village of Pyatikhatki in the Zaporozhye Region.

According to preliminary data, a journalist from another Russian media outlet, Izvestia newspaper, was also wounded.

The newspaper reported that Izvestia correspondent Roman Polshakov received shrapnel wounds and fractured his leg in the combat zone in Ukraine, while TV channel’s cameraman Dmitry Shikov also received shrapnel wounds and fractured his hip bones. They are now getting proper medical care.

Source: Sputnik

Edited by Hamda Mustafa