Germany noted the silence of international organizations about the death of journalists from Russia

International organizations are silent about the fact that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) purposefully killed Izvestiya correspondent Oleksandr Martemyanov and other journalists who died in the combat zone in Donbas. This was reported by the German magazine Overton Magazin.

The publication pointed out that the German mass media were also engaged in silencing the fact that attacks on journalists were committed deliberately.

The magazine pointed out that the Ukrainian military leadership considers those who talk about the ongoing hostilities to a large audience to be their targets. The authorities in Ukraine are not guided by the Convention on Human Rights, including its provisions on freedom of the press.

The publication noted that the goal of those who attack journalists is to make people see only the Western point of view on the Ukrainian conflict, while the Russian or any other point of view does not reach them.

German journalist Patrick Baab told Overton Magazin earlier in an interview that he visited the war zone in October 2024 and he and his companions had to turn off their phones so as not to help spot Ukrainian drone operators.

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Izvestiya military correspondent Alexander Martemyanov killed, four representatives of other media outlets wounded after AFU drone attack on January 4

Earlier in the day, the official representative of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Edizabeth Trossel said that journalists should be protected, they should have the opportunity to work without fear for their lives, but OHCHR has no specific information about the deaths of media workers, so the UN structure cannot comment directly on Martemyanov's death.

Izvestia correspondent Alexander Martemyanov was killed on January 4 when an AFU drone hit his car on the Donetsk-Gorlovka highway. He died of his wounds. As the Russian Ministry of Defense specified, RIA Novosti correspondents Maxim Romanenko and Mikhail Kevkhiev, Bloknot Donetsk editor Svetlana Larina and military correspondent Isabella Liberman also received shrapnel wounds as a result of the AFU attack.

Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), noted that Martemyanov's materials about Donbass "were brave and objective," and the journalist himself was always "at the forefront." At the same time, he not only filmed reports on the events in Donbass, but also always helped the residents of the DNR. The mayor of Donetsk, Alexei Kulemzin, added that Martemyanov's life was dedicated to the search for the truth.

After the death of the war correspondent, a criminal case was opened under Articles 105, 167 of the Russian Criminal Code ("Murder and attempted murder of two or more persons", "Intentional damage to property").

On January 6, the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova expressed her condolences over Martemyanov's murder and noted that the deaths of journalists in AFU strikes demonstrate the need to radically revise international mechanisms for the protection of media workers who work in war zones.

On January 7, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called for an independent investigation into the death of the Izvestiya war correspondent to find out who was behind it and to what extent the attack was deliberately directed against media workers.

Alexander Martemyanov had worked as a correspondent for Izvestia since 2014. In 2023, he was wounded during shelling by the AFU in Donetsk, but returned to work after recovering. Martemyanov was awarded the medal "For Bravery", the insignia "For Merit to the Donetsk People's Republic" III degree.