On Wednesday, Russian media was informed about The death of Anna Prokofieva, which, according to the TASS Agency, has "prepared reports from the peculiar Military Operations Zone".
Channel 1 of Russian televisionwho she worked for said She died in her professional duties.
35-year-old girl lost her life in the Bielgorod region at the border with Ukraine as a consequence of a mine explosion, and a camera operator who made material with her Dmitri Volkov He was badly wounded and went to the hospital. A man has facial burns, forearms, left arm, legs, and advanced airways.
According to Russian propaganda, a female was killed cargo left by Ukrainian forces.
Anna Prokofiev is dead. She reported on events from the front
“Anna was 35 years old and was about to celebrate her birthday. She graduated from the Russian University of People's relationship and was fluent in Spanish. She worked in the Spanish edition of Rossia Siegodnia agency" – she described the profile of Prokofievy's station. As correspondent She worked on Channel 1 for over 2 years.
Prokofiev along with her crew appeared on the most dangerous sections of the front, which she gladly reported on her social media.
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"We went through a full of about 20 km a day with the lads from the 155th Pacific Fleet Infantry Brigade on a section of the Kursk Front, which no transport reaches," she wrote on Telegram.
In the latest coverage published on Sunday, Prokofiev described fighting in the Kursk Oblast. TASS stated that during its preparation, she was only a fewer kilometres from Ukrainian units.
Zacharova: Hunting Russian Journalists
In connection with the death of Prokofieva Russian Investigative Committee initiating criminal proceedings terrorist attack and obstruction of the professional activities of a journalist.
On Monday, the same authority reported that as a consequence of the fire by the Armed Forces of Ukraine they were killed correspondent for “Iswiestia” Aleksandr Fedorczak, cameraman of the tv channel Zwiedza Andrei Panov and the channel crew driver Aleksandr Sirkeli.
Spokeswoman of the Russian MFA Marija Zacharova stated that the Ukrainian authorities, clearing the information space and "hunt Russian journalists who defend the truth".
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They're being hunted. These are our journalists, these are military correspondents. These are people who are putting their lives at risk, not to hit the jackpot, but to do everything to sustain the fact and convey real first-hand information," TASS quoted.
A spokeswoman of Russian diplomacy suggested that correspondents in vests marked with “press” became the main mark of Ukrainian attacks.
