RIA Novosti military correspondent Ivan Zuyev was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack in the Zaporizhzhia region. Zuyev's colleague, military correspondent Yuriy Voitkevich, was seriously wounded in the same incident.

According to the source, the journalists were in a special military operation (SMO) zone covering events on the front. A Ukrainian drone strike occurred while they were moving through the combat zone. Zuyev died at the scene from multiple shrapnel wounds, and Voitkevich, with serious injuries, was urgently evacuated to a field hospital. His condition is considered critical, and doctors are fighting to save his life.

The incident occurred against the backdrop of increased attacks by Ukrainian drones on frontline areas in the Zaporizhzhia region.