UATV Ukrainian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n43-year-old war correspondent Olena Hramova (Hubanova) and 33-year-old cameraman Yevhen Karmazin died when the drone hit their car at a gas station. A third team member, special correspondent Oleksandr Kolychiev, was wounded and taken to hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hramova, a native of Yenakiieve in the Donetsk region, had spent years reporting from the most dangerous front-line areas, documenting the devastation of her home region caused by Russian forces. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Originally trained as a finance specialist, she turned to journalism after Russia launched its aggression in 2014, saying that telling the world the truth about her homeland became her calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cFor me, the war began in 2014,\u201d <\/em>Hramova once said in an interview. \u201cKramatorsk, where I lived, was under occupation for more than two months. I saw too much during that time. Back then, I wasn\u2019t a journalist, just a citizen and later a volunteer. But I understood that my mission was to speak about what was happening.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nSince 2021, she had worked as a war correspondent for Ukraine\u2019s state broadcasting network. In June 2023, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded her the Order of Princess Olga, 3rd Class, for her courage and dedication. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her colleague Yevhen Karmazin was born in Kramatorsk and joined Ukraine\u2019s international broadcasting channels as a cameraman in 2021. Friends and coworkers described him as a talented professional committed to showing the world the human side of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukraine\u2019s international broadcaster expressed deep condolences to the victims\u2019 families and condemned Russia\u2019s continued attacks on civilians and media representatives in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The deaths of Hramova and Karmazin add to a growing list of Ukrainian and foreign journalists killed while covering Russia\u2019s war, underscoring the grave dangers faced by media workers reporting from the front lines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Zelenskyy reacted to the death of Ukraine\u2019s international broadcaster journalists as a result of a Russian drone strike<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cThese are not coincidences or mistakes, but a deliberate strategy of the Russian Federation aimed at silencing all independent voices that tell the world about Russia\u2019s war crimes in Ukraine. I am grateful to everyone in the world who does not turn a blind eye to Russia\u2019s targeted attacks on journalists and other crimes,\u201d the president noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
The President of Ukraine also wished a speedy recovery to the injured correspondent Oleksandr Kolychev, who sustained serious wounds as a result of Russia\u2019s attack on the TV crew\u2019s vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Zelenskyy recalled that recently, French photojournalist Antony Lallikan was killed in a Russian drone strike, while his Ukrainian colleague Heorhiy Ivanchenko was wounded. Since 2022, Russia has already killed 135 media representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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