Russian journalist killed by Ukrainian drone

RIA Novosti’s Ivan Zuyev was slain while reporting from the front line

Russian war correspondent Ivan Zuyev has been killed in a Ukrainian drone attack, his employer, RIA Novosti news agency, announced on Thursday. Another journalist, Yury Voytkevich, was wounded and is in stable condition.

The incident occurred in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region, north of Crimea, parts of which are held by Ukrainian forces, RIA said.

Dmitry Kiselev, head of RIA’s parent company Rossiya Segodnya, described Zuyev as a brave journalist who died in the line of duty. “He did a lot to report the truth from the warzone,” he said. 

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