Colleagues noted Fedorchak's activity and his desire to show the truth.

Colleagues and friends of Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak, who died in the special military operation zone, expressed their condolences and told about the Russian journalist.

According to Izvestia correspondent Valentin Trushnin, Fedorchak joined the editorial office recently, but immediately became actively involved in the work, asking for business trips to the free zone.

"He kept asking for a business trip to his home zone. And while I was there, I tried by all means to get as close to the front line as possible, closer to the front. I've never sat still — young, cocky, hot—headed," Trushnin said.

NTV correspondent Ilya Lyadvin noted that for Fedorchak, fighting on the front line was something personal.

"The struggle that our guys are fighting on the front line now, it was something personal for him. Because he is a Crimean, he perceived what was happening in Donbass more keenly than the rest of us," he stressed.

At the same time, Stanislav Bernwald, a war correspondent for VGTRK, called the deceased journalist a "bright kid with a burning soul" and a desire to show the truth.

"This is not just a correspondent — first of all, a friend, a friend first of all," added Vlad Kravtsov, a close friend.

Reportage under fire: Izvestia military commander Alexander Fedorchak died after the Ukrainian attack in the LPR

The killers will be justly punished, the journalist's colleagues are sure - it is unlikely that another crime in Kiev will be silenced.

Fedorchak's death in the special military operation zone became known earlier that day. He worked on the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) and the Kharkiv region. Fedorchak's latest report on the situation in the Kupyansk area aired on March 23. A memorial was erected in the Izvestia News Center building as a sign of mourning for the deceased correspondent of the publication.

In addition, on March 24, it was reported about the deaths of Andrei Panov, the operator of the Zvezda TV channel, and Alexander Sirkeli, the driver of the film crew. As a result of the shelling, Nikita Goldin, a correspondent for Zvezda, was also seriously injured. It was clarified that the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the car with two HIMARS missiles.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova pointed to the "bestial nature" of the Kiev regime in connection with the attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian journalists in the territory of the Luhansk People's Republic (LNR) and called on international organizations to respond to this. The UN, in turn, condemned the actions of the Ukrainian militants and stressed the importance of protecting journalists covering the fighting.

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, in turn, announced the initiation of a criminal case into the death of journalists on the grounds of crimes under Articles 105, 144 and 167 of the Criminal Code ("Murder", "Obstruction of the legitimate professional activities of journalists" and "Intentional destruction or damage to other people's property").