RT-Engels: 05-01-2025,
Kiev’s forces targeted a civilian car on Saturday, killing Izvestia reporter Alexander Martemyanov
An RT crew narrowly avoided a Ukrainian drone strike in Russia’s Donetsk People’s Republic that claimed the life of Russian war correspondent Alexander Martemyanov. The Izvestia journalist was targeted while traveling in a civilian vehicle on Saturday. RT correspondent Roman Kosarev revealed that the team had worked alongside Martemyanov just hours before the fatal incident.
Kosarev and the Izvestia reporter were both recording “yet another atrocity” at the scene of a Ukrainian cluster munition strike on a residential area in the Donbass town of Gorlovka on Saturday, Kosarev told RT’s Eunan O’Neill on Saturday.
“They attacked the city of Gorlovka with cluster shells and ten people were wounded. Alexander and I and other reporters were on the scene recording everything that happened,” Kosarev said. “Mind you, there was not a single military site in vision,” he added.
“This is not something out of the ordinary in the city of Gorlovka, because every single day since the start of the new year, there were civilian casualties.”
Shortly before leaving the scene, they spoke about the best routes to take to avoid potential Ukrainian attacks, Kosarev said.
“He was advising me on which route to take best to get out of Gorlovka and move on to Donetsk,” he said, adding that he did not listen to the advice and took his own route.