Russian officials say Ukrainian forces are responsible for the “barbarous” killing of a Russian photojournalist and are demanding an investigation.
Russia’s Investigative Committee on Wednesday confirmed the death of Andrei Stenin, 33.
The committee said it believed Stenin was killed August 6 while covering the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine for the state-run RIA Novosti news agency. He was traveling with a convoy of fleeing civilians, and it came under fire by Ukrainian tanks close to the town of Snizhne in the Donetsk region.
The remains in a charred car had been positively identified as Stenin’s, the committee said, according to Reuters news …read more
Source: Voice of America
