Ukraine's Foreign Ministry calls on world to punish Russia for attack on Kramatorsk where journalists were injured
Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called for the punishment of Russia for the attack on Kramatorsk on Saturday, which resulted in the injury of foreign media journalists.
Source: Ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi on X (Twitter); European Pravda, citing Reuters
Details: He noted that targeted attacks on media personalities have become a systematic military tactic of Russia. The spokesperson also published a video with the consequences of the attack.
Quote from the spokesperson: "Another heinous and deliberate Russian strike hit Kramatorsk's residential areas last night, injuring foreign media journalists in a hotel... These barbaric war crimes must be condemned, prosecuted, and punished."
Details: Reuters reported that one member of the agency's team covering the war in Ukraine went missing as a result of the Russian strike, and two others were taken to hospital. In total, a team of six Reuters members was staying at the Sapphire Hotel, which was hit by the shelling.
Earlier, it was reported that Polish journalist Monika Andruszewska, who has been covering the war in Ukraine since 2014, was injured in the attack. She was driving a car near the site of the missile strike. Recently, Andruszewska has been documenting Russia's war crimes on the territory of Ukraine and providing assistance to the Ukrainian army.
Vadym Filashkin, the Head of the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, said that three people were injured in the Russian attack – journalists, citizens of Ukraine, the United States and the United Kingdom.
At night, Russian forces attacked a hotel in Kramatorsk. The prosecutor's office reports that Russian troops allegedly hit the area with an Iskander-M missile.
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