"Izvestiya" propagandist Denis Kulaga wounded near Chasiv Yar

Denis Kulaga of the Russian pro-state news resource "Izvestiya" was wounded near Chasiv Yar (Donetsk oblast), "Izvestiya" reports on their website.

As of now it has been reported that he was on his way back to his quad bike after filming when a FPV drone struck him.

Kulaga has shrapnel wounds to both legs, as well as burns and leg bone fractures. He is in the hospital, according to the website.

In the video released by the propagandists, Kulaga is seen wearing a khaki outfit without a "press" sticker. A person in military uniform is considered a combatant, and journalists should mark their clothes with "press" stickers.

Denis Kulaga wearing a khaki T-shirt with his camouflage outfit in the background / Screenshot from the "Izvestiya" website

In accordance with Ukraine's law, all checkpoints along the segment of the Ukraine–Russia border adjacent to the occupied territories are currently closed. They are closed in Crimea as well. The occupied territories can only be legally from the Ukraine-controlled side with an appropriate permit. The Russian figures arriving in the occupied territories for making propaganda or providing material support to the Russian army have no such permit.

On June 10, 2024, Russia's Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that a cameraman with the propaganda TV channel "Rossiya 24" exploded on a mine in Shebekino (Russia).

In May, a cameraman with the propaganda broadcaster VGTRK, Alexander Pushin, was wounded in Vovchansk (Kharkiv oblast).

In November 2023, he Russian propagandist, so-called war correspondent for "Rossiya 24", Boris Maksudov, died on the way to the hospital after coming under fire in Zaporizhzhia oblast, where he had arrived illegally.

In June 2024, the Russian propaganda channel NTV reported that two of their employees, Alexei Ivleyev and Valeriy Kozhyn, were wounded in the occupied village Holmivskyi (Donetsk oblast).