Reuters journalist lacking after resort in Ukraine hit in Russian assault

A Reuters crew member is lacking and two others had been injured after Russian forces struck a resort in japanese Ukraine, the information company stated Sunday.

The information company stated a six-person crew of journalists overlaying the warfare in Ukraine was at Hotel Sapphire within the metropolis of Kramatorsk within the japanese Donetsk area when it was hit “by an obvious missile strike” on Saturday.

One was lacking – with native officers saying they had been trapped below the rubble – whereas two others had been hospitalized. The information company stated the opposite crew members had been accounted for.

“We are urgently searching for extra info, working with the authorities in Kramatorsk, and supporting our colleagues and their households. We will give an replace when we’ve extra info,” it added.

The Associated Press reported that the journalists are stated to be from Ukraine, the U.S. and the United Kingdom.

Local officers stated that the resort had been struck by an Iskander-M Russian ballistic missile, leaving the reporters with blast accidents, concussions and cuts on the physique.

Associated Press reporters on the scene described the previous resort as “rubble,” with excavators nonetheless getting used to clear particles hours after the assault.

In addition to the resort, a close-by multistory constructing was additionally destroyed, Filashkin stated, and rescuers had been busy clearing the particles on the website.

Elsewhere, 5 individuals died in Russia’s border area of Belgorod from Ukrainian shelling whereas one other 12 individuals – together with a 16-year-old lady in important situation – had been wounded within the Russian village of Rakitone, about 23 miles from the Ukrainian border. Regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov stated one other man died in a separate drone assault on the border village of Solovevka.

Ukraine’s japanese Kharkiv area additionally got here below Russian fireplace, leading to a number of civilian accidents, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

In Kharkiv’s Chuhuiv area, 5 individuals had been injured, together with a 4-year-old boy and a 14-year-old lady, after two homes had been struck by Russian fireplace. In Kharkiv metropolis, eight individuals had been wounded when a two-story home was set on fireplace by a Russian assault.

In Balakliia, a Russian strike destroyed six homes and broken others. A 55-year-old man was injured. In the Kupiansk space, a home was set on fireplace by a Russian assault, wounding 4 girls.