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The relationship between Russian journalists and separatist forces became a subject of controversy. [1] A second wave of deaths began with the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Yevhenii Sakun, a Ukrainian, was the first journalist killed in that phase of the war, a victim of a Russian airstrike on the Kyiv TV Tower on 1 March 2022 ...
On 31 March, Oleksiy Tsybko, a rugby union player, was killed by Russian forces. [133] On 2 April, the Prosecutor General's office announced the death of photographer Maks Levin due to Russian small-arms fire outside Kyiv. He had disappeared on 13 March. [134] On 28 April, Vira Hyrych, a journalist, was killed by Russian shelling in Kyiv. [135]
In a separate incident, German broadcaster Deutsche Welle said one of its journalists, Yevgeny Shilko, had been wounded elsewhere in Ukraine in a Russian attack with cluster munitions that killed ...
Russian state media framed the deaths as proof the region was increasingly dangerous and required further military intervention. [26] A number of journalists have died on the Russo-Ukrainian War [27] leading to many to call for action to help protect the lives of journalist in major conflict areas such as in Eastern Ukraine. [28]
Since then, the battle has mostly been in the east of Ukraine with Russian forces slowly gaining ground over many months, with at least 70,000 Russian troops killed - and an estimated 500,000 ...
Russian forces stationed in the southern border region of Rostov fired the missile that killed Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans and wounded two of the agency's journalists when it struck a hotel ...
July – Rostislav Zhuravlev was killed by shellfire in the front line in the Zaporizhia region of Ukraine whilst working for Russia's RIA news agency. [ 165 ] 23 November – Boris Maksudov, war correspondent for Rossiya 24 TV channel, died of shrapnel wounds after a drone strike in southeastern Ukraine.
A British safety adviser for the Reuters news agency was killed and two journalists injured when a Russian strike hit a hotel in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine, on Saturday night.. Reuters had a six ...