Another Reuters journalist injured in Russian strike on Kramatorsk hotel

Another Reuters journalist, Latvian citizen Victor Sayenko, was injured in the Russian missile strike on Sapphire Hotel in Kramatorsk on August 24, reports Delfi.

According to the media outlet, Sayenko's injuries are not life-threatening. The journalist has already informed his family about the incident.

Previously, Reuters has said that six of their staff had stayed in Sapphire Hotel.

The Sapphire Hotel in Kramatorsk, destroyed by Russian troops. Photo by don.gp.gov.ua

The Russian missile strike on the Sapphire Hotel in Kramatorsk on August 24, 2024 killed Ryan Evans, a safety advisor with the British news agency Reuters.

Two more journalists with the Reuters crew, Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey and Daniel Peleshchuk, were injured.

Ivan Lyubysh-Kidrey was severely wounded. He is in a hospital in Dnipro. He is in a serious condition on IVL, and has undergone a surgery. Daniel Peleshchuk was treated and has left the hospital.

According to law enforcers, the casualties inlcuded four injured reporters: citizens of the USA, Germany, Latvia, and Ukraine. The injured journalists, aged 38, 40, 41 and 46, were provided with medical assistance. Two of them have been hospitalized, the others are being treated on an outpatient basis.

The National Police notes that Russia struck the hotel where a crew of foreign reporters was staying with an Iskander-M missile.