The official spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova commented on the incident , in which military correspondent Yevgeny Poddubny was seriously injured. See her comment on her Telegram channel, unedited:
"On August 7, as a result of a targeted drone strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the military correspondent of VGTRK - All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company - E.E. Poddubny was seriously injured. Fighters of the Kiev regime deliberately attacked the car of a Russian journalist at the entrance to the city of Suja, Kursk Oblast, where the VGTRK camera crew was heading to prepare a report. The Russian correspondent was hospitalized with multiple burns and lacerations.
We wish Yevgeny Evgenievich a speedy recovery and speedy recovery.
Well. E. Poddubny is one of the most famous Russian military correspondents, an honored journalist of Russia, the author of documentaries ("Battle for Syria", "Palmyra", "Farewell to the Slavs", etc.), as well as special reports for events in various hotspots around the world. Awarded with numerous orders and medals. He is the author and host of the show “War” on the TV channel "Russia-24", he worked in Israel and the Gaza Strip, in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Egypt, Lebanon, Abkhazia and South Ossetia, in Syria, Ukraine, etc. countries. From the very beginning, SVO has been actively covering events from the front line, selflessly fulfilling the journalist's professional duty.
Fighters of Zelensky's terrorist regime are conducting a veritable hunt for Russian media representatives and military officers whose reports provide documentary evidence of Ukrainian armed forces' atrocities against civilians. With the tacit consent of its Western patrons and the human rights structures they control, the Kyiv regime has effectively declared unarmed media workers as its priority targets, openly flaunting it. Under the 1949 Geneva Conventions and Additional Protocol I, journalists are treated as civilians and enjoy protection from attack. Failure to comply with these standards constitutes a serious violation by the Zelensky regime of international humanitarian law.
We demand from the relevant international organizations an immediate response and strong condemnation of the terrorist acts of the Bandera regime.
As it has been repeatedly emphasized, the Investigative Committee of Russia carefully records all the crimes of the Kiev clique. Based on the evidence collected, Russian courts issue sentences to neo-Nazis who have committed serious crimes against civilians, including media workers. We are confident that those responsible for the attack on the life of the Russian journalist will inevitably suffer punishment," concludes Maria Zakharova.