Russia’s defence ministry says the reporters had been evacuated from the battlefield, however RIA correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev died through the journey.
A struggle correspondent for Russia’s RIA information company has been killed and three different Russian journalists had been wounded by shelling close to the entrance line in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhia area, Russia’s defence ministry stated.
The ministry stated the journalists had been wounded in a Ukrainian artillery strike on Saturday. They had been evacuated from the battlefield however RIA correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev died through the journey, it stated.
The company additionally reported his dying, saying he was killed close to the front-line village of Piatykhatky.
“On account of a strike by the Ukrainian military utilizing cluster munitions, 4 journalists had been wounded in numerous ranges of severity,” the Russian military stated in an announcement.
“Throughout an evacuation, the RIA Novosti journalist Rostislav Zhuravlev died from his wounds that resulted from the cluster munitions exploding.”
It stated the opposite correspondents have wounds of “medium severity”.
The defence ministry stated Ukraine had used cluster munitions within the incident, however didn’t present proof for this and Reuters was not capable of confirm it independently.
Ukraine obtained cluster bombs from the US this month, however it has pledged to make use of them solely to dislodge concentrations of enemy troopers.
Such weapons comprise dozens of small bomblets that rain shrapnel over a large space, however are banned in lots of international locations as a result of potential hazard they pose to civilians. Ukraine has repeatedly stated their use shall be restricted to the battlefield.
The United Nations has stated Russia itself has repeatedly used cluster munitions through the struggle.
