Overview
- Russia’s mission to the UN said it sent an official note to Secretary‑General António Guterres seeking an unambiguous public condemnation and measures to prevent similar incidents.
- In Geneva, envoy Gennady Gatilov urged High Commissioner Volker Türk and the OHCHR to issue an unequivocal condemnation of Kyiv and to pursue accountability.
- The Russian statement criticized UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric’s general comment as inadequate, calling it an attempt to soften what Moscow describes as a deliberate attack on journalists.
- RIA Novosti reported that war correspondent Ivan Zuev was killed during an assignment in the Zaporizhzhia region by a Ukrainian drone strike, with colleague Yuri Voitkevich seriously wounded.
- Moscow called for an impartial assessment by the UN and relevant international bodies, and the coverage cited no response beyond the spokesman’s general statement.