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April 20 () –
A Russian journalist has died as a victim of an alleged attack in the Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia, when he was returning from reporting in the area, according to the newspaper he worked for, 'Izvestia'.
The reporter, identified as Semion Eremin, 42, was hit on Friday by a drone attack that the Russian Government has attributed to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Zaporizhzhia is one of the regions partially occupied by Russian troops and whose sovereignty is now claimed by Moscow.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova has condemned what she described as a “deliberate, cold-blooded murder.” She considers that this attack demonstrates the “terrorist essence” of Volodimi Zelensky's “regime”, and has demanded unanimous condemnation from the international community.
In this sense, he has warned Western governments that, “with their usual silence”, they give free rein to this type of “terrorist attacks” and therefore become “accomplices” of kyiv, according to a message published on his account. from Telegram.
