Russian investigative website says reporter killed in Kyiv shelling
(Reuters) – Russian investigative web site The Insider mentioned on Wednesday that one in every of its reporters had been killed in Kyiv when Russian forces shelled a suburb the place she had been filming harm from an earlier assault.
“Insider journalist Oksana Baulina died throughout a bombardment in Kyiv whereas finishing up an editorial project … one other civilian died together with her,” the outlet, whose editorial workplaces are primarily based in Latvia, mentioned on its web site.
Not less than 5 journalists have now died since Russian forces invaded Ukraine final month.
Baulina had beforehand labored for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s Anti-Corruption Basis, The Insider mentioned.
Final December the outlet, which is on an official Russian checklist of “overseas brokers,” was fined for breaking a regulation that requires it to connect a disclaimer to its publications and topics it to elevated bureaucratic scrutiny.
(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Modifying by Mark Porter)
