A Russian military correspondent for state-run Channel One was killed by a mine explosion on the Russia-Ukraine border, the channel reported Wednesday. The incident occurred on the Russian side, in the Belgorod region.
"Channel One war correspondent Anna Prokofieva died while performing her professional duty," the network said in a statement, adding that her crew struck an "enemy mine." Cameraman Dmitry Volkov was also wounded in the blast.
Prokofieva, 35, had been covering the Ukraine conflict since 2023. Her final post on Telegram, dated Tuesday, showed her in a forest near the border, wearing military fatigues and a head-mounted camera. The caption read: "Somewhere on the border with country 404," a derogatory term used by pro-Kremlin figures to mock Ukraine.
Her death follows that of another Russian journalist, Izvestia war correspondent Roman Stupnitsky, who was killed Monday in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region.
According to the International Federation of Journalists, at least 21 journalists have died since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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