Published: January 4, 2025 6:32 pm
Author: RT
A civilian car carrying journalists came under attack in Donbass away from the frontline, RIA Novosti has reported
Aleksandr Martemyanov, a freelance reporter with the newspaper Izvestia, was killed in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic after the civilian vehicle he was riding in, and which was carrying several other journalists, was attacked by a Ukrainian drone, Russian media reported on Saturday.
At least five other journalists, including two RIA Novosti reporters, were injured in the attack, the news agency said. The vehicle was hit while traveling on a road away from the frontline between the town of Gorlovka and the regional capital city of Donetsk.
The car carrying the reporters was hit by a kamikaze drone. Martemyanov succumbed to his wounds shortly thereafter, Izvestia has confirmed.
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