A journalist from China, who was injured in the Kursk border region, refused to be hospitalized

Chinese journalist Lu Yuguang, who was wounded in the shelling of the Kursk region by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), was examined at the regional hospital, he refused further hospitalization. This was announced on Thursday, June 26, by the acting governor of the region, Alexander Khinshtein.

"Chinese correspondent Lu Yuguang, who was injured in the Korenevsky district, was examined at the regional hospital. <...> He decided to refuse hospitalization," he wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to Khinstein, the journalist suffered skin wounds on his head — there are no other injuries. He wished Lu Yuguang a speedy recovery.

The official also recalled that it is still dangerous in the border area, and therefore urged to temporarily refrain from traveling to these zones.

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On June 26, a 63-year-old correspondent of a Chinese television company was injured as a result of a drone strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region. The journalist went to the border region on his own. The victim has an open craniocerebral injury and a bruised wound in the parietal region.

Lu Yuguang himself later said that a Ukrainian drone struck him, despite the fact that the correspondent is a civilian.