THE WEEK
Rostislav Zhuravlev, correspondent for Russia’s RIA news agency, poses for a picture at an unknown location in this undated picture | Reuters
A Russian journalist reporting from frontline got killed and three other journalists suffered injuries in Ukraine’s attack, Russia’s defence ministry said. Russia accused the journalists got hit in an Ukrainian attack allegedly using cluster munitions supplied by the US.
According to a statement from the Russian defence ministry, the four journalists belonged to pro-Russian media got wounded in an attack in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. Four correspondents for pro-Kremlin media suffered injuries and one journalist from the state RIA agency later succumbed to the injuries, the statement said.
The deceased journalist was identified as Rostislav Zhuravlyov, a correspondent with RIA Novosti. Zhuravlyov died during evacuation, the TASS news agency reported.
