"There is no one hand, but so normal": Russian militarycolor told about the trip to the occupied Donbas

The propagandists were in the village of Golmovske at the time of shelling. Alexei Ivliev lost his hand, and his colleague-operator received incompatible wounds with his life. The film crew of the propaganda Russian TV channel "NTV" on June 13 went to shoot the plot in the occupied Gorlovka in Donetsk region, where she came under fire. Correspondent Alexei Ivliev informed that he had lost his hand. About it writes Astra.

It is reported that Ivliyev correspondent and NTV operator Valery Kozhin were in the village of Golmovsky in the Mykytiv district of Occupied Gorlovka. And came under fire. It is known that the officer was injured. Kozhin and Ivliev were injured. The operator died the same day in Gorlovka hospital. And Ivliyev recorded a video from the hospital bed and reported that he had lost his hand. "Everything is normal. There is no one hand, but so normal, alive. Let's break through," NTV reported.

Appointed Russian Mayor, the occupied city of Ivan Prikhodko reported that the camera crew had been fired "while performing professional duties". It is worth noting that according to international rules, journalists working in hot spots usually try to mark themselves, putting on bulletproof vests with the inscription "Press". Moreover, the management of "Reporters without borders" separately indicates that it is not recommended to wear any khaki clothing in hot spots in hot spots.

Russian journalists are usually neglected by this rule, appearing on the battlefield in ordinary military uniform and no different from the soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Valery Kozhin started working at the NTV in 2006. He has repeatedly visited Syria, after a full -scale invasion - in the territory of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

Kozhina was awarded the Medal for Courage (2014), medals of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I and II degree (2016 and 2018), and the Ministry of Defense Medal "participant in military operation in Syria" (2018). Alexei Ivliev has been working on NTV since 1993. Previously, he filmed the plots in the Middle East. Earlier it was reported that in Zaporozhye FPV-Dron of the Armed Forces dropped the ammunition on the military correspondent "Izvit" Semen Eremin, who removed the propaganda video.