Izvestiya" film crew was hit by the AFU in the Kursk village of Plekhovo

A Izvestiya film crew was hit by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) in the village of Plekhovo in the Kursk Region. "Izvestia" showed footage from the scene.

An enemy FPV drone flew into the roof of a house where journalists and Russian Armed Forces (AFU) marines were staying in the early morning and punched through it.

"Now an FPV flew into the roof of the house, punched through it. There's a hole. It's all in the dust right now. The marines continue to work," noted Izvestia correspondent Vladislav Kharchenko.

As a result of the Ukrainian army attack, no one was injured, the film crew and Russian servicemen are fine.

"We have a position, they burned it with FPV guns. Our guys, thank God, were not hurt. Everyone is alive, unharmed, healthy. [The AFU militants] are burning houses. They find the slightest movement somewhere, and that's it, they burn the house down," said a UAV operator of the reconnaissance and landing company of the 177th Marine Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces with the call sign Hera.

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Earlier, on January 16, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the silence of specialized international structures about Kiev's crimes against Russian citizens indicative. In her words, the deliberate killing of Russian journalists as part of the terror unleashed by Ukraine against the peaceful population of Russia requires a proper response from the entire international community and specialized organizations.

Ukrainian militants have repeatedly attacked media representatives. On January 4, when a Ukrainian army drone hit a car on the Donetsk-Gorlovka highway, Izvestiya military correspondent Alexander Martemyanov was killed. Several representatives of the Russian media were also wounded at the time.

On April 19, 2024, Izvestiya military correspondent Semyon Eremin was killed in the special operation zone. The journalist was 42 years old. The Russian Investigative Committee said that Eremin died as a result of a targeted attack by the AFU. The agency intends to identify all those involved in the journalist's death.

The special operation to protect Donbass, the start of which was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, continues. The decision was taken against the backdrop of the worsening situation in the region.