INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Russian journalist was killed in a drone attack in eastern Ukraine, his employer announced Sunday, coming just days after a cameraman from
the pro-government NTV channel was killed near the front line."Our correspondent Nikita Tsitsagi was killed during an attack by Ukrainian
army drones," NEWS.ru said in a statement on Telegram.The outlet said the attack happened around the Saint-Nicolas monastery near the town
of Vugledar, which has been the scene of fierce fighting for the past three months.Tsitsagi has done reporting for a number of Russian news
publications, including Lenta.ru, Holod and Novaya Vkladka, the latter two of which operate in exile abroad.On Thursday, an attack in
eastern Ukraine killed a cameraman and injured a war correspondent working for the pro-government NTV television channel
Vladimir Putin claimed earlier this month that "at least 30" Russian journalists had been killed since he ordered the full-scale invasion of
Ukraine more than two years ago.AFP contributed reporting.
