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Putin Posthumously Awards Reporter Killed in Ukraine With Order of Courage – Kremlin

© Sputnik / Pavel Lvov / Go to the mediabankFlowers in memory of the deceased correspondent of VGTRK Boris Maksudov
Flowers in memory of the deceased correspondent of VGTRK Boris Maksudov - Sputnik International, 1920, 25.11.2023
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MOSCOW, (Sputnik) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree on posthumously awarding the Order of Courage to Boris Maksudov, a correspondent for the Rossiya 24 TV channel, who died from wounds he received in the Ukrainian shelling, according to a document released on Saturday.
"For the courage and bravery shown while performing professional duty, to award the Order of Courage to Boris Bakhtiyarovich Maksudov, a correspondent of the information channel Rossiya 24 … (posthumously)," the decree read.
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainian armed forces had hit a group of Russian reporters, who were covering Ukrainian attacks targeting settlements, with drones filled with fragmentation shells in the Zaporizhzhia Region, adding that Maksudov had been injured. The next day, Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov said that Maksudov had died of the received injuries.
An unexploded shell is seen on the territory of the sunflower oil extraction plant damaged by shelling in the town of Pologi, Zaporozhye region. - Sputnik International, 1920, 23.11.2023
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Russian Reporter Injured in Ukrainian Attack on Wednesday Dies
Boris Maksudov worked for the Rossiya 24 TV channel for the last several years, covering events from hot spots. He was reporting from the Zaporizhzhia Region for the last month. On November 18, Maksudov celebrated his 38th birthday.
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