Russian photographer killed in Ukrainian drone attack

A Russian journalist was killed in a drone strike in eastern Ukraine, his news organization said on Sunday, days after the death of another correspondent near the front line.

“Our correspondent Nikita Tsitsagi was killed in an attack by drones of the Ukrainian army,” News.Ru posted on Telegram.

The attack took place near the Saint-Nicolas monastery near the town of Vuhledar, a small coal-mining town that has been the scene of heavy fighting over the past three months since the start of Russia’s spring offensive.

On Thursday, a Russian state television journalist was killed and another injured in a Ukrainian drone strike in Golmivsky, a Russian-controlled village in the Donetsk region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier this month that “at least 30” journalists in Ukraine had been killed since the conflict began. There was no immediate comment from Ukraine.

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