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.
"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.