Today the Russian television channel NTV reported that two of its journalists, who accompanied a Russian army unit, were wounded in the occupied part of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, reported AFP and BTA.
"NTV correspondent Alexey Ivliev, cameraman Valery Kozhin and an accompanying TV employee were injured when the Ukrainian armed forces shelled the village of Golmovsky," the channel, which is owned by the Russian state gas company "Gazprom", reported.< /p>
According to the same source, the wounded were evacuated to the nearby town of Gorlovka to undergo surgery.
Journalists from the Russian state media go as close as possible to the front, to the army units, and their reports are broadcast in support of the official line, presenting Russia as the savior of the population of occupied eastern Ukraine, according to AFP.
On Monday, a cameraman from another Russian state television channel was seriously injured after he came across a mine, but this time on Russian territory - in the Belgorod region.
On June 5, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that "at least 30" Russian journalists have been killed since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, AFP notes.