Two Russian propagandists killed, one wounded in combat zone

Two Russian propagandists, Izvestia "war correspondent" Alexander Fedorchak and cameraman with the Russian MoD's Zvezda TV Andrei Panov, were killed in the occupied part of Luhansk oblast, report the websites Zvezda and Izvestia, as sell as Russian propagandist Semen Pegov on his Telegram channel WarGonzo.

The latter says the filming crew came under artillery fire near Kreminna. The strike also killed Zvezda TV driver Alexander Serkeli and wounded Zvezda's "war correspondent" Nikita Goldin.

Andrei Panov, Alexander Serkeli. Photos by TASS on Telegram.

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.

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 May 2024, a cameraman with the propaganda broadcaster VGTRK, Alexander Pushin, was wounded in Vovchansk (Kharkiv oblast).

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).

In September 2024, Denis Kulaga of the Russian pro-state news resource "Izvestiya" was wounded near Chasiv Yar (Donetsk oblast).

In November 2024, Magomed Buchayev, a propagandist with Russia's RT (formerly Russia Today) was killed during an assault on the UAF positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Chasiv Yar (Donetsk oblast).