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Russian NTV Correspondent Injured in Donetsk Region Lost His Arm in Ukraine's Shelling

© Sputnik / Anton Vergun / Go to the mediabankA view shows an unexploded shell following a Ukrainian military strike in Belgorod
A view shows an unexploded shell following a Ukrainian military strike in Belgorod - Sputnik International, 1920, 14.06.2024
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russia's NTV correspondent Alexey Ivliyev said on Friday that he had lost his arm as a result of the Ukrainian shelling in the Donetsk region.
On Thursday, NTV's correspondent Alexey Ivliyev and cameraman Valery Kozhin, as well as an accompanying officer were wounded in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and taken to hospital. Kozhin later died as a result of his injuries, according to the mayor of the DPR city of Gorlovka, Ivan Prikhodko.
"One arm is lost, but generally [it is] okay, [we are] alive," Ivliyev said in a video from hospital published by NTV on Telegram on Friday.
The Russian Investigative Committee said that it had opened a criminal investigation on charges of murder and obstruction of journalists' activities after the cameraman's death in Gorlovka.
Tail end of an unexploded shell sticks out of the ground following artillery shelling in Aleksandrovka village in the Donetsk Region. - Sputnik International, 1920, 13.06.2024
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"Under the order of the president of the Russian Investigative Committee, Valery Kozhin (posthumously) and Alexey Ivliyev will be presented for the department awards," the committee added.
The committee expressed deep condolences regarding the cameraman's death.

On Thursday, UN Spokesman Farhan Haq said the United Nations stood against all attacks on the media including the deadly incident in which Russian journalists were attacked in the Donetsk region.

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