Reuters safety adviser killed in Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk hotel

Ryan Evans was staying astatine the edifice successful Ukraine with a six-strong Reuters team. Two journalists were injured, 1 of them seriously.

Ryan Evans, a information advisor with Reuters, has been confirmed dormant aft a Russian rocket deed a edifice successful the eastbound Ukrainian metropolis of Kramatorsk wherever helium was staying with a six-strong squad from the quality agency.

Reuters confirmed the decease of Evans, a 38-year-old erstwhile British soldier, successful a connection connected Sunday.

Two of its journalists were injured, 1 of them seriously, and were being treated successful hospital, the connection added. The 3 different members of the squad were safe.

“We are urgently seeking much accusation astir the attack, including by moving with the authorities successful Kramatorsk, and we are supporting our colleagues and their families,” Reuters said.

Evans had been moving with Reuters since 2022 and advised its journalists connected information astir the satellite including successful Ukraine, Israel and astatine the Paris Olympics.

“We nonstop our deepest condolences and thoughts to Ryan’s household and loved ones. Ryan has helped truthful galore of our journalists screen events astir the world; we volition miss him terribly,” Reuters said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the edifice was deed by a Russian Iskander missile, a ballistic rocket that tin onslaught astatine distances up to 500km (310 miles).

“An mean metropolis edifice was destroyed by the Russian Iskander,” Zelenskyy said successful his evening code connected Sunday, adding that the onslaught was “absolutely purposeful, thought retired … my condolences to household and friends”.

The rocket onslaught near the edifice and a gathering adjacent to it successful ruins [Genya Savilov/AFP]

Ukrainian prosecutors said the edifice was deed astatine 10:35pm (19:35 GMT) connected Saturday and that the onslaught besides damaged the gathering adjacent door.

Kramatorsk, the past large metropolis nether Ukrainian power successful its eastbound Donetsk region, lies astir 20km (13 miles) from the front line, and is often utilized arsenic a basal for assistance workers and overseas journalists.

Many residents were heading to furniture astatine the clip the rocket hit.

“I was watching a movie connected my telephone and then… determination was specified a sound and the solid started smashing,” 66-year-old Natalia told the quality agency, crying.

She said she had already been evacuated erstwhile aft a akin acquisition but aboriginal returned. She would present “think about” leaving again.

“It’s scary to spell to bed,” she said, her dependable breaking.

Another resident, 84-year-old Vasily who lives adjacent to the hotel, was fixing plywood onto his model frames aft the solid smashed during the attack.

“We interest each the time… and present our crook has come,” helium said, adding: “It’s astir however fortunate you get.”

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