Russian military serviceman. File photoMOSCOW, Aug 23 A good off-road vehicle, well-thought-out dry rations, a military guide and at least two first-aid kits are all necessary for military commissars in the Donbass, but it is dangerous to wear a blue body armor with the inscription «PRESS» in this particular area, because he becomes a target for the Ukrainian military, Russian military correspondents told RIA Novosti about this. The Day of Military Glory is celebrated in Russia on August 23. Military journalists working on the front lines describe the conditions under which they are now getting news.RT military correspondent was wounded near AvdiivkaFrom the very beginning of the special military operation, military correspondents have been in the Donbass and in the liberated territories of Ukraine, and the first thing they encountered was living conditions. RIA Novosti correspondent Rostislav Zhuravlev said that he and his group did not know where they might end up tomorrow and where they would have to spend the night. to zero, since the evening we don’t know what we will do the next day, we absolutely don’t know,” Zhuravlev said. According to him, a car is simply needed for operational movement, and it is a car that is an important component of the life of a military commander in a hot spot. Zhuravlev emphasizes that a group can travel from 150 to 300 kilometers a day. «We work on cars … this gives autonomy, mobility, because being at the front, the front zone in autonomous mode means a huge amount of equipment and things, ranging from devices, equipment for cooking, equipment for sleeping places, clothes, medicines and everything that a person needs for a more or less «comfortable» stay in the conditions of an armed conflict,» the journalist noted and added that correspondents must also have a can of gasoline and two spare wheels.
RIA Novosti military officers received a special prize of the Golden Pen Award. The issue of food when performing an editorial assignment is also acute, and you need to take care of it in advance, says RT war correspondent Maxim Al-Turi. think about food, often saves dry rations. Communication is poor or absent, for this we always have a satellite phone and walkie-talkies for negotiations,» Al-Turi emphasized and said that an SUV is required for movement, because there are often simply no roads, and if there are, they can be mined. Security is perhaps the most important issue in the work of military correspondents. Journalists follow the safety rules in the hot spot all the time, they use bulletproof vests, but it is dangerous to wear a blue bulletproof vest with the inscription «PRESS» in Donbass. Al-Turi reports that if in other hot spots a blue body armor could save, then there he becomes a target for the Ukrainian military. Another RT correspondent Valentin Gorshenin says that in addition to body armor, protective equipment and a helmet, he always has two first aid kits with him. 
The PUTIN TEAM Popular Front Award Ceremony took place in Donetsk»I have one first aid kit on my belt when I go to shoot. I don’t put on a body armor just to walk around the city, I take a backpack with me. I always have a first-aid kit hanging on this backpack, in case there is some kind of shelling. In case you need emergency first aid to civilians who may suffer before your eyes, or you yourself,” says Gorshenin. Another set of rules is used by Izvestia journalist Dmitry Zimenkin: walk on hard ground, do not step on the side of the road, if you hear a long whistle — fall down. The presence of a military guide on the front line is necessary, the military say correspondents of RT and Izvestia. «Shooting is different. We always go to the shelling of peaceful areas alone. We often go to positions with an escort or meeting. Everything is by appointment spoken language. You can’t just sit down and go “to war,” says Izvestia journalist Valentin Trushnin.Deputy of the State Duma: military correspondents will be able to receive veteran status after a day of business tripTrushnin's words are supported by a colleague from RT Ilya Vasyunin. He noted that a journalist can go to the shooting both with the military and on his own, it all depends on the specific situation, and added that if «the military is a necessity, since he is better versed in the operational environment, is in touch with the command, it is naturally expedient to travel with him. «Competition is the second problem when military correspondents work in a hot spot. Zhuravlev is convinced that press service employees do not have an understanding of the “common task” and often they consider the correspondents themselves competitors. I’m not interested in going there with journalists,” says Zhuravlev. According to Trushnin, competition is also high among correspondents. In March 2022, hundreds of journalists crowded outside the building of the press service of the NM DPR every morning. In fact, administrative resources, personal connections, personal characteristics are of decisive importance in this matter. you need to learn,» Trushnin emphasizes.A photographic exhibition of the military correspondent of Rossiyskaya Gazeta has opened in Moscow. Work in the SVO is essentially the same reporter's work as in civilian life, the same mechanics, only with some peculiarities: it is important to adequately assess the possibilities of making bright material & # 160; — and the risk of being killed, Zimenkin says with confidence. «First of all, responsibility for the life of your team. And here is the line between reporting duty, the ability to make bright material and common sense, the probability of being killed or injured should be adequately assessed. Although inexperience, there is a temptation to climb into the thick of it, almost report on the background of exploding shells. This is a mistake that can become fatal very soon, «explains the journalist. RT military commander Gorshenin also believes. According to him, you need to be the most prepared in terms of security in the NMD. «All the same work of a journalist in interviewing, in collecting material, it does not differ from civilian work. Everything just makes the conditions of hostilities worse, you just need to stay alive. And so it's the same job as in civilian life, where they don't shoot. he.
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