She was died whereas filming the destruction brought on by Russian shelling.
Kyiv:
A Russian journalist for the investigative information outlet The Insider was killed when Russian troops shelled a residential neighbourhood within the Ukrainian capital, the outlet stated Wednesday, the newest reporter to die in battle.
Oksana Baulina, who beforehand additionally labored for Russian opposition chief Alexey Navalny’s anti-corruption group, “died underneath hearth in Kyiv” whereas “filming the destruction” brought on by Russian shelling, The Insider stated on its web site.
One other civilian was killed alongside Baulina within the strike and two different individuals had been wounded, it added.
Baulina had labored for Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Basis till it was declared an extremist group final yr.
That prompted her to go away the nation and proceed reporting on corruption in Russia for The Insider, the information outlet stated. After Russia invaded Ukraine a month in the past, Baulina filed a number of reviews from Kyiv and Lviv in western Ukraine for the outlet.
“The Insider expresses its deepest condolences to Oksana’s household and associates,” it stated.
Baulina’s colleagues took to social media to mourn her loss.
Vladimir Milov, who labored together with her at Navalny’s group, vowed to avenge her.
“I’ll always remember her and to all those that are accountable for her loss of life I promise that they will not get away with (solely) a trial and a verdict,” Milov stated on Twitter.
“What an unbelievable horror,” wrote Lyubov Sobol, one other outstanding member of Navalny’s workforce.
Sergiy Tomilenko, head of the Ukranian journalists’ union, confirmed Baulina’s loss of life in an announcement on Fb, saying she was reporting on the aftermath of a shelling when she was hit by contemporary hearth.
Earlier Wednesday, Tomilenko’s group stated a cameraman for a neighborhood tv station within the besieged southern metropolis of Mariupol had additionally died.
Different journalists killed through the Russian invasion of Ukraine embody a US videographer, a French-Irish cameraman and a Ukrainian producer.
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