MOSCOW, June 16 Russia requires specialized international organizations to condemn the murder of war correspondent for the News.ru portal Nikita Tsitsagi in the DPR, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, her words are quoted on the department’s website.
«We demand that the relevant international organizations and structures, first and foremost the Director General of UNESCO, whose direct responsibility is to respond to cases of attacks and murders of journalists, immediately and decisively condemn this cold-blooded crime,» the diplomat said.
Nikita Tsitsagi
She called what happened to the Russian journalist another serious crime of the Bandera regime, «on whose conscience are numerous lives of peaceful citizens.» At the same time, Zakharova expressed confidence that the perpetrators will be punished as they deserve.
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“Tsitsagi has been in the combat zone in the DPR since 2022, published materials about the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strikes on Donetsk, Belgorod and Moscow. In June 2023, he received the Editorial Board Award. for the report from Shebekino “Everything is burning and there is nothing,” the department said in a statement.
The Foreign Ministry expresses sincere condolences to the family and friends of the military correspondent who died while performing his professional duty, the diplomat added.
Earlier on Sunday, the News.ru portal reported that its military photojournalist Tsitsagi was killed in an attack by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in the area of the Nikolsky Monastery near Ugledar.
In early June, President Vladimir Putin at a meeting with the heads of the world's largest news agencies on On the sidelines of SPIEF, he stated that at least 30 Russian journalists have been killed since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine. Moreover, the head of state pointed out, no one is giving the Russian side the opportunity to investigate what happened to them.
So, this week in Gorlovka, NTV correspondent Alexey Ivliev and cameraman Valery Kozhin, who were preparing a report, came under fire. They were seriously injured; Kozhin could not be saved.