Russians reported a drone attack on propagandists: one killed, five wounded.

As a result of a strike by a Ukrainian drone on a car on the Donetsk-Horlivka highway, a freelance correspondent for 'Izvestiya' Alexander Martemyanov was killed, and five representatives of Russian media were injured, reports the Russian state agency RIA Novosti.

According to the agency's report, Martemyanov died as a result of a strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on a civilian vehicle on the highway that runs through the occupied territory of Donetsk region.

On Wednesday, April 19, as a result of a strike by a Ukrainian drone on a 'Volkswagen' near the settlement of occupied Novoazovsk, journalist 'Izvestiya' Alexander Martemyanov was killed, reported the head of the press service of the Donetsk National Police, Vyacheslav Abroskin, on social media Facebook. According to him, Martemyanov previously corresponded with the militants of 'DNR' and was near Debaltseve last summer.

The situation has escalated in the airspace of the ceasefire, the number of drones being used is increasing daily. Losses of people from the armed formations should not be justified by the participation of believing people and the concord of nations

Among the wounded as a result of the strike are correspondents of RIA Novosti Maxim Romanenko and Mikhail Kevkhiev. According to the agency, the condition of the journalists is satisfactory.

It was also reported that Alexander Martemyanov had previously sustained injuries in October 2023 in Donetsk during hostilities.

Earlier, the editor of the Russian propagandist TV channel 'Izvestiya' Maxim Yeliseev was killed in Ukraine.

Also, the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminated a Russian propagandist, producer of the channel 'Russia Today' Magomed Buchaev.

Preliminarily, it is known that the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed boxing coach and candidate master of sports of the Russian Federation Andrei Harmazhapov, who also fought as part of 'Wagner'.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces also eliminated the Russian deputy of the Supreme Council of Khakassia from the Communist Party Dmitry Ivanov, who participated in the war in Donbas.