Rostislav Zhuravlev, a combat correspondent for the official Russian news agency RIA Novosti, was killed on Saturday in a Ukrainian strike in the southern Zaporizhzhia area, according to the military.
“As a result of a strike by the Ukrainian army using cluster munitions, four journalists were wounded in various levels of severity,” the Russian army said in a statement.
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“During an evacuation, the RIA Novosti journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev died from his wounds that resulted from the cluster munitions exploding.”