IMI source: Ukrainian journalist with Reuters Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey in a serious condition

Reuters cameraman Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey was severely wounded by the Russian strike on the Sapphire Hotel in Kramatorsk on August 24, a source reports to the Institute of Mass Information.

According to the source, Ivan is in a hospital in Dnipro. He is in a serious condition on IVL, and has undergone a surgery.

Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey. Photo by Ivan Lyubysh-Kirdey on Facebook

As reported earlier, the Russian missile strike on the Sapphire Hotel in Kramatorsk killed Ryan Evans, a safety advisor with the British news agency Reuters.

The other two members of the Reuters team were injured and hospitalized. One of them was severely wounded. Reuters did not disclose their names.

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.