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https://t.me/c/1899284653/24171
There are new reports that he's in the hospital. I will undelete this post if his death is confirmed.
Z-war correspondent Poddubny is alive, Kursk regional hospital reported
His hospitalization in the Kursk Regional Hospital was confirmed to the Defense Ministry's Zvezda TV channel. Soon this information was confirmed by Poddubny's employer, the VGTRK television and radio company. The Z-war correspondent was wounded as a result of a UAV attack.
The video allegedly shows Poddubny being hospitalized.
On the photo he looks like a Russian soldier.
Based on what? Wearing body armor? That is incredibly common
A man in a group with Russian soldiers wearing the same cameo outfit and gear as these soldiers is looking like a soldier, even if at the very moment of the drone attack he might not have carried a weapon.
This is a single photo unlikely taken from the incident. We can’t assume that.
Either way, shit happens sadly. Journalists die unintentionally. The point is we shouldn’t celebrate it. Members of the press shouldn’t die covering military conflicts.
A state employed propagandist is no journalist, though.
Typically legit reporters wear no camo and vests that identify them as journalists.
You mean like NPR photographer David Gilkey, who was killed in the field?
Sure looks like camo to me.
None of these people deserved to die.. I don’t give a shit what outlet they represented.
Don't take your rage out on me. I didn't say he deserved to die, I simply said what I know from my experience with reporters in Iraq.
Well fun fact: they sometimes wear camo 🤷♂️