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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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]
The journalist was first reported to have disappeared while reporting from Russia-occupied Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region in August last year. Her father said she called him for the last time on ...
(Reuters) -Ukraine said on Friday it was investigating the death in Russian captivity of a Ukrainian journalist whose first-hand reports provided a glimpse into life under Russian occupation early ...
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]
A former Russian detective convicted for his role in orchestrating the 2006 assassination of investigative journalist Anna Polikovskaya has been pardoned by Russian President Vladimir Putin and is ...