They were targeted by fire while they were on the ground. Two journalists from the international news agency Reuters were lightly injured in eastern Ukraine, while their driver, provided by pro-Russian separatists, was killed, the agency said on Friday.
“While reporting, two Reuters journalists were lightly injured when they were fired upon while en route to Severodonetsk,” a spokesman said. He said the two journalists were “in a vehicle provided by separatists and driven by a driver provided by the separatists, who was “killed”.
No other details were provided on their identity, their state of health or the circumstances of these shootings.
At least eight journalists dead
On Monday, Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, a journalist working for the French channel BFMTV, was killed in eastern Ukraine by shrapnel during a bombardment, while he was following a humanitarian operation.
The head of French diplomacy, Catherine Colonna, said in a tweet that the 32-year-old reporter had been “killed by a Russian bombardment”.
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, at least eight journalists have died on the ground in the exercise of their profession, according to a count by the NGO Reporters Without Borders (RSF).