Affiliated media: Reuters, Journalist

Incident date: August 25, 2024

Attack type:

• Attempted murder

Who attacked: от военных

Source: Reuters

Location: Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast, Kramatorsk

Additional information:

A group of Reuters journalists was injured in a targeted Russian strike on hotel Sapfir in the city of Kramatorsk (Donetsk region). On the 25th of August, the body of Retuers TV crew security advisor Ryan Evans was pulled from the ruins of the building. Two more foreign journalists, Dan Peleschuk (USA) and Viktor Sayenko (Latvia) were injured, requiring short term hospital treatment. Cameraman Ivan Lyubish-Kirdyei (Ukraine) was seriously injured. He fell into a coma, and is now facing a long period of treatment and rehabilitation.