Russia accuses Ukraine of targeting journalists after Russian war correspondent’s death
Semion Eremin covers the fighting in Ukraine since the start of the Russian military operation in February 2022
Russia accused Ukraine this Saturday Their journalists are being deliberately targeted Following the death on Friday of Semyon Eremin, a war correspondent for the Russian channel ‘Izvestia’, who died made a report In the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia.
“As for the fact that the Ukrainian military deliberately conducts religious conversions Russian journalists on target That’s how it is,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the television channel.
Yeremin, who sent his final report last Wednesday, died the day before result of injuries received According to ‘Izvestia’, in a Ukrainian drone attack.
The reporter has been covering the fighting in Ukraine since the start of the Russian military operation in February 2022 Operations included in MariupoL and Marinka, both in Donetsk region.
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zazarova on Saturday demanded that international organizations and human rights structures strongly and immediately condemn the killing.
“He Double standards are unacceptable when it comes to guarantees “Protecting the rights of the media and their professional activity,” he said on Telegram.
In July last year, Rostislav Zhuravlyov, a war correspondent for the official Russian agency RIA Novosti, also died in Zaporizhia when the car he was traveling in was attacked.
the attack that took place when there was a car Between the city of Vasilivka and the city of Vladimirovka, three more Russian journalists were injured.
close to one twenty media persons -According to human rights organizations, journalists, producers and translators covering the war in Ukraine have died since 2014, a third of them Russians
Russian forces partially control the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia. Captured by Moscow in September 2022 And where Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is located.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov assured on Friday that his country will not declare a ceasefire Not even during future peace talks with Ukraine.