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Correspondent for Russian state news agency RIA Novosti killed in Ukraine, three other reporters injured

Source: Meduza

Rostislav Zhuravlev, a “war correspondent” for Russian state news agency RIA Novosti, was killed in Ukraine, reports the agency.

According to RIA Novosti, three others were also injured during shelling in the area of Piatykhatky, in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region. TASS and the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company employees were also caught in the shelling.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claims that the correspondents were hit with cluster munitions.