Russian propagandists admit that Reuters reporters have been targeted

The source is Russian Telegram channel Dva mayora, close to the Russian defense ministry (hattip and screenshot: Obozrevatel).

Translation from Russian:

"In Kramatorsk (Donetsk People's Republic, Russia), a Reuters employee has been eliminated

On Aug. 25, as a result of a strike by a ballistic missile, a base of foreign missionaries in the Sapphire Hotel was hit. At the same location (since Aug. 24), journalists of British news agency Reuters had been residing. They had illegally crossed the state border of the Russian Federation, and were staying on Russian territory in violation of the law.

It is known that Ryan Evans died as a result of the attack (the agency has acknowledged his death), a former member of British Armed Forces who had worked as a safety consultant for Reuters since 2022. Also, two journalists have been injured; their condition is not known.

The arrogant representatives of the Western world have been shown effectively the principle of irrevocability of punishment. Now, there is no need to press charges based on Paragraph 322 of the Penal Code (Illegal crossing of the state border of the Russian Federation)."

(Kramatorsk is a Ukrainian city under Ukrainian control but land-grabbing Russia claims it.)