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On 17 June 2014, [[VGTRK|Russian state television]] correspondent Igor Kornelyuk and sound engineer Anton Voloshin came under a mortar strike<ref name=CPJ>{{cite web|title=Igor Kornelyuk|url=https://www.cpj.org/killed/2014/igor-kornelyuk.php |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists|accessdate=November 4, 2015|date=June 17, 2014}}</ref><ref name=reuters>{{cite news|title=Two Russian Reporters Killed in Mortar Attack in Eastern Ukraine |publisher=Reuters |date=June 17, 2014 |accessdate=September 12, 2015 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-journalist-idUSKBN0ES2IV20140617}}</ref><ref name=TASS>{{cite web|url=http://tass.ru/en/world/736531|title=TASS: World – Russian journalists killed near Luhansk|work=TASS}}</ref> launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near [[Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion|Metalist]], [[Slovianoserbsk Raion]], Ukraine, while travelling with a group of [[Luhansk People's Republic|LPR rebel separatist fighters]] during the ongoing [[war in Donbass]].<ref name=vicenews>{{cite news|last=Larson |first=Jordan |url=https://news.vice.com/article/russian-tv-reporter-killed-in-luhansk-mortar-attack |title=Russian TV Reporter Killed in Luhansk Mortar Attack |publisher=Vice News |date=June 17, 2014 |accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref> They were killed in the attack, along with five rebels.<ref>"[http://www.novayagazeta.ru/politics/72340.html I have right for everything]", by [[Novaya gazeta]]</ref><ref name="cnn">{{cite news|last=Conlon |first=Kevin |title=Russian Television Reporter Killed in Ukraine |publisher=Cable News Network |date=June 17, 2014 |accessdate=September 12, 2015 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/17/world/europe/russian-journalist-killed/}}</ref> Cameraman Viktor Denisov was not injured in the attack.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}
On 17 June 2014, [[VGTRK|Russian state television]] correspondent Igor Kornelyuk and sound engineer Anton Voloshin were victims of a mortar strike<ref name=CPJ>{{cite web|title=Igor Kornelyuk|url=https://www.cpj.org/killed/2014/igor-kornelyuk.php |publisher=Committee to Protect Journalists|accessdate=November 4, 2015|date=June 17, 2014}}</ref><ref name=reuters>{{cite news|title=Two Russian Reporters Killed in Mortar Attack in Eastern Ukraine |publisher=Reuters |date=June 17, 2014 |accessdate=September 12, 2015 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-journalist-idUSKBN0ES2IV20140617}}</ref><ref name=TASS>{{cite web|url=http://tass.ru/en/world/736531|title=TASS: World – Russian journalists killed near Luhansk|work=TASS}}</ref> launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near [[Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion|Metalist]], [[Slovianoserbsk Raion]], [[Ukraine]], while travelling with a group of [[Luhansk People's Republic|LPR rebel separatist fighters]] during the ongoing [[War in Donbas (2014–2022)|war in Donbass]].<ref name=vicenews>{{cite news|last=Larson |first=Jordan |url=https://news.vice.com/article/russian-tv-reporter-killed-in-luhansk-mortar-attack |title=Russian TV Reporter Killed in Luhansk Mortar Attack |publisher=Vice News |date=June 17, 2014 |accessdate=September 12, 2015}}</ref> They were killed in the attack, along with five rebels.<ref>"[http://www.novayagazeta.ru/politics/72340.html I have right for everything]", by [[Novaya gazeta]]</ref><ref name="cnn">{{cite news|last=Conlon |first=Kevin |title=Russian Television Reporter Killed in Ukraine |publisher=Cable News Network |date=June 17, 2014 |accessdate=September 12, 2015 |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/17/world/europe/russian-journalist-killed/}}</ref> Cameraman Viktor Denisov was not injured in the attack.{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}}


A Ukrainian military pilot, [[Nadiya Savchenko]], who served as instructor with a volunteer infantry unit, [[Aidar Battalion]], was taken prisoner by the rebel forces at the LPR territory, brought to Russia and convicted to 22 years of imprisonment for allegedly directing the mortar fire and illegal crossing of the Russian border.<ref name=verdict>{{cite web|url=http://tass.ru/en/world/863897|title=TASS: World – Ukrainian army ex-pilot found guilty of death of Russian journalists near Lugansk – court|work=TASS}}</ref><ref name=sentence>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/22/ukraine-pilot-sings-as-russia-jails-her-for-22-years.html|title=Ukraine Pilot Sings As Russia Jails Her For 22 Years|work=The Daily Beast|date=22 March 2016|last1=Nemtsova|first1=Anna}}</ref> After two years of imprisonment, she was released in a prisoner swap for two Russian prisoners in Ukraine.<ref name=swap />
A Ukrainian military pilot, [[Nadiya Savchenko]], who served as instructor with a volunteer infantry unit, [[Aidar Battalion]], was taken prisoner by the rebel forces at the LPR territory, brought to Russia and convicted to 22 years of imprisonment for allegedly directing the mortar fire and illegal crossing of the Russian border.<ref name=verdict>{{cite web|url=http://tass.ru/en/world/863897|title=TASS: World – Ukrainian army ex-pilot found guilty of death of Russian journalists near Lugansk – court|work=TASS}}</ref><ref name=sentence>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/03/22/ukraine-pilot-sings-as-russia-jails-her-for-22-years.html|title=Ukraine Pilot Sings As Russia Jails Her For 22 Years|work=The Daily Beast|date=22 March 2016|last1=Nemtsova|first1=Anna}}</ref> After two years of imprisonment, she was released in a prisoner swap for two Russian prisoners in Ukraine.<ref name=swap />
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It has been claimed that both men were wearing camouflage at the time, in contravention of journalistic norms when reporting in warzones, which may have led to them being incorrectly marked as soldiers.[https://khpg.org/en/1403058176]


== Igor Kornelyuk ==
== Igor Kornelyuk ==
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=== Career ===
=== Career ===
Igor Kornelyuk graduated from the Institute of Culture in St. Petersburg.<ref name="svoboda">{{cite web|url=http://www.svoboda.mobi/a/25426840.html|title=Живым начальникам|work=Радио Свобода |accessdate=November 4, 2015|date=June 18, 2014 |language=Russian}}</ref> Since 1998 he worked as a correspondent in "Yamal" and was a leader on the editorial board of children's programs.<ref name=echo>{{cite web|url=http://echo.msk.ru/news/1342308-echo.html|title=Эхо Москвы: Новости / Под Луганском погиб журналист ВГТРК Игорь Корнелюк|work=Эхо Москвы |accessdate=November 4, 2015 |date=June 17, 2014 |language=Russian}}</ref> Kornelyuk was employed as correspondent for Russia state-owned broadcaster [[All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company|VGTRK]], and spent a total of 15 years with VGTRK.<ref name=BETCN>{{cite web|publisher=BETCN.RU|title=RTR mourns: Ukraine perished employees "Vesti"|date=June 17, 2014|accessdate=November 4, 2015|url=http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1695947&cid=8}}</ref> Kornelyuk worked alongside Anton Voloshin, reporting on events taking place during the [[2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine|pro-Russian conflict]] in [[Eastern Ukraine]].
Igor Kornelyuk graduated from the Institute of Culture in St. Petersburg.<ref name="svoboda">{{cite news|url=http://www.svoboda.mobi/a/25426840.html|title=Живым начальникам|work=Радио Свобода |accessdate=November 4, 2015|date=June 18, 2014 |language=Russian |last1=Рыковцева |first1=Елена }}</ref> Since 1998 he worked as a correspondent in "Yamal" and was a leader on the editorial board of children's programs.<ref name=echo>{{cite web|url=http://echo.msk.ru/news/1342308-echo.html|title=Эхо Москвы: Новости / Под Луганском погиб журналист ВГТРК Игорь Корнелюк|work=Эхо Москвы |accessdate=November 4, 2015 |date=June 17, 2014 |language=Russian}}</ref> Kornelyuk was employed as correspondent for Russia state-owned broadcaster [[All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company|VGTRK]], and spent a total of 15 years with VGTRK.<ref name=BETCN>{{cite web|publisher=BETCN.RU|title=RTR mourns: Ukraine perished employees "Vesti"|date=June 17, 2014|accessdate=November 4, 2015|url=http://www.vesti.ru/doc.html?id=1695947&cid=8}}</ref> Kornelyuk worked alongside Anton Voloshin, reporting on events taking place during the [[2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine|pro-Russian conflict]] in [[Eastern Ukraine]]. Reviews of their reportage skew heavily toward pro-Russia propaganda.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://www.vesti.ru/article/1824222 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Свобода |first=Радіо |date=2014-06-17 |title=ДЕЗА ДНЯ, 17 червня. Російські ЗМІ: влада України полює за журналістами Росії |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/25425612.html |access-date=2024-01-29 |work=Радіо Свобода |language=uk}}</ref>


=== Death ===
=== Death ===
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{{main|Nadiya Savchenko#Detention and trial in Russia|l1=Detention and trial of Nadiya Savchenko in Russia}}


After the event, the Russian prosecutors charged Ukrainian [[army aviation]] helicopter pilot [[Nadiya Savchenko]] (sometimes transliterated as Nadezhda) for assisting in the deaths of Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin.<ref name=thestar>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/07/09/ukrainian_charged_with_russian_journalists_deaths.html|title=Ukrainian charged with Russian journalists' deaths|date=9 July 2014|work=thestar.com}}</ref><ref name=rferl>{{cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/kyiv-savchenko-ministry-protest-luhansk-note-transfer-voronezh/25450623.html|title=Ukrainian Officer Charged With Complicity In Killing Of Russian Journalists|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty}}</ref> Despite having an [[alibi]] (she was captured by the rebels one hour before the mortar attack occurred according to [[Telecommunications billing|billing]] data of mobile phones<ref>{{cite news|title=Алиби Надежды Савченко|url=http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26748995.html|agency=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Liberty]]|date=17 December 2014}}</ref>), she is accused of informing Ukrainian Forces of the location of the journalists.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10957438/Russia-charges-female-Ukrainian-pilot-over-journalists-deaths.html|title=Russia charges female Ukrainian pilot over journalists' deaths|author=Tom Parfitt in Moscow|date=9 July 2014|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> A guilty verdict was delivered 20 March 2016, and she was sentenced the next day to 22 years.<ref name=verdict/><ref name=sentence/> On 25 May 2016, the Ukrainian and Russian governments exchanged prisoners, and Savchenko was released and flown to [[Kyiv]] while two Russian prisoners held in Ukrainian prison were released to Russia.<ref name=swap>{{cite news|title=Ukraine pilot Nadiya Savchenko 'has arrived in Kyiv' in prisoner swap with Russia|publisher=euronews|date=May 25, 2016|url=http://www.euronews.com/2016/05/25/ukraine-has-pardoned-two-russian-prisoners-and-is-taking-them-to-russia-to-swap}}</ref>
After the event, the Russian prosecutors charged Ukrainian [[army aviation]] helicopter pilot [[Nadiya Savchenko]] (sometimes transliterated as Nadezhda) for assisting in the deaths of Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin.<ref name=thestar>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/07/09/ukrainian_charged_with_russian_journalists_deaths.html|title=Ukrainian charged with Russian journalists' deaths|date=9 July 2014|work=thestar.com}}</ref><ref name=rferl>{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/content/kyiv-savchenko-ministry-protest-luhansk-note-transfer-voronezh/25450623.html|title=Ukrainian Officer Charged With Complicity In Killing Of Russian Journalists|work=RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty|date=9 July 2014 }}</ref> Despite having an [[alibi]] (she was captured by the rebels one hour before the mortar attack occurred according to [[Telecommunications billing|billing]] data of mobile phones<ref>{{cite news|title=Алиби Надежды Савченко|url=http://www.svoboda.org/content/article/26748995.html|agency=[[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|Radio Liberty]]|date=17 December 2014}}</ref>), she is accused of informing Ukrainian Forces of the location of the journalists.<ref name=telegraph>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/10957438/Russia-charges-female-Ukrainian-pilot-over-journalists-deaths.html|title=Russia charges female Ukrainian pilot over journalists' deaths|author=Tom Parfitt in Moscow|date=9 July 2014|work=Telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> A guilty verdict was delivered 20 March 2016, and she was sentenced the next day to 22 years.<ref name=verdict/><ref name=sentence/> On 25 May 2016, the Ukrainian and Russian governments exchanged prisoners, and Savchenko was released and flown to [[Kyiv]] while two Russian prisoners held in Ukrainian prison were released to Russia.<ref name=swap>{{cite news|title=Ukraine pilot Nadiya Savchenko 'has arrived in Kyiv' in prisoner swap with Russia|publisher=euronews|date=May 25, 2016|url=http://www.euronews.com/2016/05/25/ukraine-has-pardoned-two-russian-prisoners-and-is-taking-them-to-russia-to-swap}}</ref>


== Impact ==
== Impact ==
The deaths of both Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin add on to a growing list of journalists whom have died on the [[War in Donbas]]<ref name="RSF">{{cite web|title=Fourth journalist killed in Eastern Ukraine |url=http://en.rsf.org/ukraine-fourth-journalist-killed-in-17-06-2014,46466.html |publisher=Reporters Without Borders|accessdate=November 4, 2015|date=June 18, 2014}}</ref> The region of Eastern Ukraine has been regarded as a "trap for journalists".<ref name=thelondonpost>{{cite web|url=http://thelondonpost.net/journalists-killed-and-abducted-in-eastern-ukraine/|title=Journalists killed and abducted in Eastern Ukraine|work=The London Post|date=14 August 2014}}</ref> Leading to many to call for action to help protect the lives of journalist in major conflict areas such as in Eastern Ukraine.<ref name=IPI>{{cite web|publisher=International Press Institution |title=Journalist, sound engineer killed in eastern Ukraine |date=June 18, 2014 |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |url=http://www.freemedia.at/newssview/article/journalist-sound-engineer-killed-in-eastern-ukraine.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055010/http://www.freemedia.at/newssview/article/journalist-sound-engineer-killed-in-eastern-ukraine.html |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>
Russian state media framed the deaths as proof the region was increasingly dangerous and required further military intervention.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cynical propaganda mileage from journalist's death |url=https://khpg.org//en/1403058176 |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Human Rights in Ukraine}}</ref> A number of journalists have died on the [[Russo-Ukrainian War]]<ref name="RSF">{{cite web|title=Fourth journalist killed in Eastern Ukraine|url=http://en.rsf.org/ukraine-fourth-journalist-killed-in-17-06-2014,46466.html|publisher=Reporters Without Borders|accessdate=November 4, 2015|date=June 18, 2014|archive-date=March 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321210436/http://en.rsf.org/ukraine-fourth-journalist-killed-in-17-06-2014,46466.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> leading to many to call for action to help protect the lives of journalist in major conflict areas such as in Eastern Ukraine.<ref name=IPI>{{cite web|publisher=International Press Institution |title=Journalist, sound engineer killed in eastern Ukraine |date=June 18, 2014 |accessdate=November 6, 2015 |url=http://www.freemedia.at/newssview/article/journalist-sound-engineer-killed-in-eastern-ukraine.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055010/http://www.freemedia.at/newssview/article/journalist-sound-engineer-killed-in-eastern-ukraine.html |archivedate=March 4, 2016 }}</ref>


== Reactions ==
== Reactions ==
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==Awards==
==Awards==
Both Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin were awarded with a medal of courage by the Russian government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/45946|title=Указ о награждении орденом Мужества журналистов ВГТРК Антона Волошина и Игоря Корнелюка|work=Президент России|language=Russian}}</ref>
Both Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin were awarded with a medal of courage by the Russian government.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/45946|title=Указ о награждении орденом Мужества журналистов ВГТРК Антона Волошина и Игоря Корнелюка|work=Президент России|date=20 June 2014 |language=Russian}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:1977 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Journalists killed while covering the Russo-Ukrainian War]]
[[Category:Journalists killed while covering the war in Donbas]]
[[Category:People from Zaporizhzhia]]
[[Category:People from Zaporizhzhia]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Courage]]
[[Category:Russian male journalists]]
[[Category:Russian journalists]]
[[Category:June 2014 events]]
[[Category:June 2014 events]]

Latest revision as of 20:25, 29 January 2024

Deaths of Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin
LocationMetalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion, Ukraine
CoordinatesN 48° 37' 23.9455" / E 39° 16' 42.3664"
DateJune 17, 2014
TargetPro-Russian separatists
Attack type
Mortar[1] shelling
WeaponsD-30 howitzers[citation needed]
DeathsIgor Kornelyuk, Anton Voloshin, and 5 rebels
PerpetratorsUkrainian artillery battalion[clarification needed]

On 17 June 2014, Russian state television correspondent Igor Kornelyuk and sound engineer Anton Voloshin were victims of a mortar strike[2][3][4] launched by the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion, Ukraine, while travelling with a group of LPR rebel separatist fighters during the ongoing war in Donbass.[5] They were killed in the attack, along with five rebels.[6][7] Cameraman Viktor Denisov was not injured in the attack.[citation needed]

A Ukrainian military pilot, Nadiya Savchenko, who served as instructor with a volunteer infantry unit, Aidar Battalion, was taken prisoner by the rebel forces at the LPR territory, brought to Russia and convicted to 22 years of imprisonment for allegedly directing the mortar fire and illegal crossing of the Russian border.[8][9] After two years of imprisonment, she was released in a prisoner swap for two Russian prisoners in Ukraine.[10]

Attack

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Metalist
Metalist
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Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin died in the attack at Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion. It is shown in relation to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine.

Leading up to the attack on June 17, both journalists were embedded with fighters for the then People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic near a military checkpoint in the recently annexed Luhansk region. The checkpoint came under mortar fire from the Aidar Battalion, wherein several were killed or injured, including Igor and Anton.

It has been claimed that both men were wearing camouflage at the time, in contravention of journalistic norms when reporting in warzones, which may have led to them being incorrectly marked as soldiers.[1]

Igor Kornelyuk

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Igor Vladimirovich Kornelyuk
Игорь Владимирович Корнелюк
BornMay 9, 1977
Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
DiedJune 17, 2014(2014-06-17) (aged 37)
Luhansk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine
Cause of deathKilled in action
EducationInstitute of Culture in St. Petersburg
OccupationJournalist
EmployerRossiya 24 – VGTRK
SpouseCatherine Kornelyuk
Children1 daughter

Career

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Igor Kornelyuk graduated from the Institute of Culture in St. Petersburg.[11] Since 1998 he worked as a correspondent in "Yamal" and was a leader on the editorial board of children's programs.[12] Kornelyuk was employed as correspondent for Russia state-owned broadcaster VGTRK, and spent a total of 15 years with VGTRK.[13] Kornelyuk worked alongside Anton Voloshin, reporting on events taking place during the pro-Russian conflict in Eastern Ukraine. Reviews of their reportage skew heavily toward pro-Russia propaganda.[14][15]

Death

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After the attack by Ukrainian Forces, Igor Kornelyuk was taken to Luhansk Regional Hospital by pro-Russian separatists.[12] At the hospital Igor was diagnosed with having shrapnel wounds to the abdomen, legs and burns to the face. Igor would die only after 35 minutes in the emergency room. Igor Kornelyuk died on 17 June 2014 in the city of Luhansk, Ukraine.[2][12] Igor Kornelyuk is survived by his wife Catherine Kornelyuk[16] and their young daughter.[17] Family and friends gathered in Moscow to pay final respects to Kornelyuk.[18]

Anton Voloshin

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Anton Voloshin
Антон Дмитриевич Волошин
Bornc. 1988
DiedJune 17, 2014(2014-06-17) (aged 25–26)
Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion, Ukraine
Cause of deathKilled in action
OccupationSound engineer
EmployerRossiya 24 – VGTRK

Career

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Anton Voloshin was employed as a sound engineer with the Russian state-owned broadcaster VGTRK.[19] Anton worked alongside Igor Kornelyuk, reporting on events taking place during the Pro-Russian conflict in Eastern Ukraine.

Death

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Anton Voloshin was killed, 17 June 2014, at the scene of the mortar attack in Metalist, Slovianoserbsk Raion, Ukraine. At first Voloshin was presumed missing,[20] until body remains were later identified by Viktor Denisov, a VGTRK cameraman who was not harmed in the attack.[21]

Detention and conviction of Nadiya Savchenko

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Main article: Detention and trial of Nadiya Savchenko in Russia

After the event, the Russian prosecutors charged Ukrainian army aviation helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko (sometimes transliterated as Nadezhda) for assisting in the deaths of Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin.[22][23] Despite having an alibi (she was captured by the rebels one hour before the mortar attack occurred according to billing data of mobile phones[24]), she is accused of informing Ukrainian Forces of the location of the journalists.[25] A guilty verdict was delivered 20 March 2016, and she was sentenced the next day to 22 years.[8][9] On 25 May 2016, the Ukrainian and Russian governments exchanged prisoners, and Savchenko was released and flown to Kyiv while two Russian prisoners held in Ukrainian prison were released to Russia.[10]

Impact

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Russian state media framed the deaths as proof the region was increasingly dangerous and required further military intervention.[26] A number of journalists have died on the Russo-Ukrainian War[27] leading to many to call for action to help protect the lives of journalist in major conflict areas such as in Eastern Ukraine.[28]

Reactions

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Dunja Mijatovic, OSCE representative on freedom of the media, stated in response to the event, "This death is yet another horrid reminder that not enough is being done to protect journalists who risk their lives reporting from conflict zones in Ukraine".[7] An investigation into the event started by the Investigative Committee of Russia, stating that this event as a criminal case. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev expressed his anger toward the Ukrainian Government stating that they should be the ones held responsible for the killing.[29] Condemning the killings as "crime of Ukrainian forces".[30]

Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, on 19 June 2014, denounced the killing of Russian journalist Igor Kornelyuk and sound engineer Anton Voloshin. Bokova said, "I am deeply shocked by the death of journalists Igor Kornelyuk, and Anton Voloshin. I call on all parties to respect the civilian status of journalists and let them carry out their important professional activities in safe conditions in keeping with the Geneva Convention and its Protocols."[31]

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko promised an investigation into the deaths of the journalists. In a conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Poroshenko expressed his condolences to the families of the journalist.[32]

Awards

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Both Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin were awarded with a medal of courage by the Russian government.[33]

See also

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References

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  25. ^ Tom Parfitt in Moscow (9 July 2014). "Russia charges female Ukrainian pilot over journalists' deaths". Telegraph.co.uk.
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  31. ^ "Director-General condemns killing of Reporters Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin in Ukraine". UNESCO Press. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. June 19, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  32. ^ "Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin: remember, mourn". politklass.ru. 18 June 2014.
  33. ^ "Указ о награждении орденом Мужества журналистов ВГТРК Антона Волошина и Игоря Корнелюка". Президент России (in Russian). 20 June 2014.
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