Sorttava traveling by car with her cameraman when a mine made them skip in the air. He, Dmitry Volkov, was injured, she died. «The correspondent of Channel One war, Anna Prokofieva, died while carrying out her professional duty, in the Belgorod region, on the border with Ukraine». With these few lines, this morning, the Russian television channel announced the disappearance of its Russian journalist.
Who was the Russian journalist Anna Prokofieva, killed by a Mina in Ukraine
Graduated in Journalism at the Rudn University of Moscow, from 2020 to 2022 she had worked in the drafting of the Spanish edition of the Rossiya Segodnya agency (Sputnik since 2014 and owned by the state). He managed a blog on Telegram to collect humanitarian aid and after his dismissal from Sputnik he had moved to the average and subsequently started working with Channel One. Since 2023 he had correspondent for the war of Channel One who transmits from the area of the so -called “special military operation”, that is, Ukrainian invaded. The death of the Russian journalist was reported to the media directly by the reporter’s mother.
The Kremlin expressed his condolences for the death of Anna Prokofieva. “Another loss among journalists. Our condolences go mainly to Anna’s family and the entire Channel One staff, “said the Cremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, mentioned by Russian agencies.
Journalists killed from the beginning of the Russian Vicion of Ukraine
The Russian southern region of Belgorod, where the Russian journalist died, was the subject of frequent actions with drones and bombings from Ukraine. During the Ukrainian retreat from Kurs, fighting on the ground were also reported.
According to the data provided by the Committee for the protection of journalists, From the vast of Vast Scala of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 20 media operators were killed. Three to whom two at the beginning of this week in an artillery attack in the Luhansk region, in Eastern Ukraine, controlled by Moscow.
The work of the Italian Street Artists Tvoby created on the Wall of the Asylum of Bucha, in Ukraine, rebuilt by Cesvi.
As for Ukrainian journalists, more than 100 have been victims of direct violence, with at least 11 reporters killed, 35 injured, 12 prisoners and 2 disappeared journalists, as reported by reporters without borders (RSF) on the second anniversary of the Russian invasion.
The reporters killed in the world
According to the data of the International Federation of journalists, of the 104 killed all over the world in 2024 most of them (more than half), however, died in Gaza. And 2025 promises to be at least as much terrible. Since the beginning of March 2025 seven journalists killed in the strip are already. Since the beginning of the war they are now more than 200.
After the Middle East, The second most dangerous region for journalists in 2024 was Asia-Pacificwith 20 deaths including 6 murders in Pakistan, 5 in Bangladesh and 3 in India. THE’Itfj He also mentioned the 520 journalists held in prison all over the world, strongly increased compared to 2023 (427) and 2022 (375).
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