5th January 2025 – (Moscow) A Russian war correspondent has been killed, and four other media workers injured following a Ukrainian drone strike in the Donetsk region, as reported by RIA Novosti on Saturday. The incident occurred on the Donetsk-Gorlovka highway when a drone struck a vehicle carrying Russian journalists.
The deceased was identified as Alexander Martemyanov, a stringer for the Russian newspaper Izvestia. RIA Novosti correspondent Maxim Romanenko, who sustained injuries in the attack, recounted, “After filming the aftermath of the shelling in Gorlovka, we were returning to Donetsk when a kamikaze drone struck our car.”
Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk region, confirmed on Telegram that all injured journalists are currently receiving medical care.
In response to the attack, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated that those responsible for targeting Russian journalists will face “deserved and inevitable punishment.”
