Sorry… just for the record - why was there a Russian war reporter in Ukraine again? Could it perhaps have anything to do with that war Russia caused in Ukraine? Someone please jog my memory for me.
Imagine breaking a treaty, invading a country, starting a war, using cluster bombs and then getting angry at the other guy for defending his country with cluster bombs.
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The Tankies here are hilarious.
The “reporter” worked for RIA, a state-owned news agency. He was a propagandist, not a reporter.
There’s no evidence he was killed by cluster munitions beyond Russia’s statement. We’ve seen the accuracy of those from the beginning.
This is a consequence of Russia’s own actions. They’re to blame for all of this.
I see one comment kind of supporting the Russian reporter, and only about the tone of the comments. That’s it. I really don’t see anyone in this comment section really supporting Russia here.
I 100% agree that this is Russia’s own fault. Don’t put non-soldiers next to soldiers actively fighting in a war, because there’s a good chance they’ll be hit by enemy munitions.
There’s one commenter defending Russia. It’s more anti-Ukraine and implying Russia’s innocence (saying they COULD do the same when they already do so much worse).
But it’s really just the one posting a bunch.
They found a copy of Sims 3 along with a letter signed “Illegible” near the body so it had to be the Ukrainians.
Even if he was killed by cluster bombs, so what? He’s a Russian on Ukraine soil. That doesn’t make him a combatant per she, but it doesn’t make him a innocent bystander either.
Regardless of the situation, a reporter mixed in with enemy combatants isn’t going to get special protections.
Aww poor babies. Where was their outrage when Ukrainian civilians were killed by Russia’s use of cluster bombs?
Come on now, let’s be fair: I’m sure Russian military has killed plenty of journalists too!
Heck, bet he wasn’t even killed by US cluster bombs. Just propaganda.
“You’re not allowed to attack us if we have a journalist with us. That’s the rules. Now don’t mind us while we use civilians as target practice.” - Russia
… but has no problem having snipers targeting UK journalists …
Oh no, the consequences of my actions!
Reporters in Russia are propagandists. There is no press freedom in that country, so if you work as a reporter, you are not fulfilling the role of a journalist, but a state sanctioned propagandist.
A Russian reporter in Ukraine might as well be a part of the armed forces.
I don’t see why a Russian “journalist” needs to be anywhere near the action, it’s not like accurate reporting is expected…
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Then fucking leave Russia. Stop hurting yourself for no reason.
Russian telegram channels reported without proof the death may be attributed to the way they conduct a documentation.
They group up with multiple other people, including soldiers, and stay as a group continuously. This is to control that nothing gets shown which should not be visible and have a tight control.
Apart from the lacking proof I am sceptical this would be required as this news agency is under full Kremlin control, but rational reasoning isn’t required for this authoritarian government.
Chances are he was shot the back of the head with a Tokarev and they blamed the cluster bombs.
Oh no…. Anyway.
A reporter died? Russia’s just mad some else stole their kill.
