Russian attack on hotel in Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast: Reuters cameraman remains in serious condition in hospital

Ivan Liubysh-Kirdei, a Ukrainian cameraman working for Reuters, remains in a serious condition in hospital after a Russian attack on the Sapfir (Sapphire) Hotel in the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on 24 August.

Source: Institute of Mass Information, citing its own sources

Details: A source reported that Liubysh-Kirdei has been severely injured and is in a critical condition at a hospital in Dnipro. He has undergone surgery and is currently on artificial lung ventilation.

Background:

• On the night of 24-25 August, Russian forces struck a hotel in the city of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast. The Donetsk Oblast Military Administration reported that two civilians had been injured and one person trapped under the rubble. All three are journalists and citizens of Ukraine, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
• Subsequently, the Donetsk Oblast Prosecutor's Office confirmed that the body of British citizen Ryan Evans, who was killed in a Russian missile attack, had been retrieved from under the rubble of the destroyed hotel building in Kramatorsk.
• Law enforcement officers reported that four Reuters journalists, citizens of Ukraine, the United States, Latvia and Germany, had been injured in the attack.

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