⚡️ Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on the murder of Russian journalist and war correspondent Nikita Tsisagi

💬 On June 16, News.ru war correspondent Nikita Tsisagi was killed in the line of duty in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) as a result of a targeted drone attack launched by the armed forces of the Kiev regime. Ukrainian terrorists deliberately sent a drone to swoop on the Russian journalist as he was doing a story in the vicinity of the Nikolsky Monastery off Ugledar.

Deployed in the DPR zone of hostilities since 2022, Nikita Tsisagi was covering Ukrainian artillery, missile and drone attacks on Donetsk, Belgorod, and Moscow. In June 2023, he was awarded the Redkollegia Prize for his story on Shebekino, entitled “Everything is Ablaze, and There is Nothing.”

We express our sincere condolences to Nikita Tsisagi’s family and friends. He died while performing his professional duty.

This is the second, stylistically similar, attack on a media representative within one week.

On June 13, Ukrainian terrorists launched a drone at a NTV filming crew, killing cameraman Valery Kozhin and gravely wounding war correspondent Alexey Ivliyev.

The cruel murder of Nikita Tsisagi is yet another grievous crime committed by the Bandera regime responsible for numerous civilian deaths. We are certain that the murderers will incur a well-deserved punishment.

❗️ We urge the related international organisations and agencies, primarily the Director General of UNESCO, whose direct duty is to respond to attacks on and killings of journalists, to denounce this cold-blooded crime immediately and in the most resolute manner.