Russia’s Izvestia newspaper reported on Jan. 4 that a Ukrainian "kamikaze" drone attack killed one of its freelance reporters, Alexander Martemyanov, while he was traveling on a highway in occupied eastern Ukraine.

The Russian media outlet Izvestia said on Saturday that a Ukrainian drone strike killed its reporter near the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. "The Ukrainian army launched a drone strike on a civilian car carrying Izvestia's freelance correspondent Alexander Martemyanov,

A Ukrainian drone attack in eastern Ukraine has resulted in the death of Russian reporter Alexander Martemyanov near Donetsk. The strike hit a civilian car, as reported by Izvestia. This incident adds to the growing number of journalists killed since Russia's invasion in February 2022.

Russia's RIA news agency said two of its correspondents travelling with Martemyanov were injured in the incident, along with two journalists working for a local publication in Donetsk.

Horlivka highway, a freelance correspondent for the Russian propaganda publication Izvestia, Alexander Martemyanov, was killed by a drone strike. — Ukrinform.

Russian media outlet Izvestia says a Ukrainian drone strike killed its reporter near the city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.

The Russian state-run RIA Novosti news agency has said that a Ukrainian drone hit a car on the Donetsk-Horlivka highway, killing a freelance correspondent for Izvestia, Alexander Martemyanov, and injuring five other representatives of the Russian media.