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committee said on its website that "armed Ukrainian formations
targeted and deliberately fired at a group of Russian
journalists" working near Pyatikhatka, in Ukraine's southeastern
Zaporizhzhia region.
It did not specify the type of weapons or munitions used, but
said Rostislav Zhuravlev, a journalist for RIA state news
agency, was killed.
It said his RIA colleague and journalist Konstantin
Mikhalchevsky, and two employees of Izvestia newspaper, Roman
Polshakov and Dmitry Shikov, were injured.
"As part of the investigation, investigators will establish all
the circumstances of the crime against media representatives, as
well as those involved," it said.
It said the chair of the committee was nominating Zhuravlev,
"one of those journalists who always defended and informed the
truth," for a medal.
Ukraine, which received supplies of cluster munitions from the
United States this month, has vowed to use them only to dislodge
concentrations of enemy soldiers.
Reuters could not independently verify details of the incident.
Both sides have used cluster munitions during Russia's 17-month
invasion of Ukraine.
The munitions are banned by many countries because they rain
shrapnel over a wide area and pose a risk to civilians. Some
bomblets typically fail to explode immediately, but can blow up
years later.
(Reporting by Elaine Monaghan; Editing by Chris Reese)
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