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A Ukrainian "kamikaze" drone killed a Russian reporter from Izvestia newspaper who was traveling on a highway in the Donetsk region.

Neskuchne, Donetsk Oblast
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Kyiv Post Censor.NET UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Alexander Martemyanov (person) Izvestia newspaper (organization) kamikaze drones (weapon_system) Horlivka (location) 141st Separate Presidential Brigade (military_unit) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Donetsk Oblast (location) Neskuchne (location) kamikaze drone (weapon_system) Gorlivka (location) 141st OPBr (military_unit) Russian occupying forces (organization) Ukrainian POWs (person) 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade (military_unit) 5th Combined Arms Army (military_unit) Eastern Military District (organization)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

A Ukrainian kamikaze drone killed Russian reporter Alexander Martemyanov in Donetsk Oblast

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian invaders near Neskuchne in Donetsk region committed another war crime by shooting three Ukrainian prisoners of war

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The soldiers surrendered, were tied up, taken out in front of the position and shot in the back of the head

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The enemy stormed the position of the 141st Separate Presidential Brigade east of 160.9. point

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

300-400 invaders eliminated daily on Pokrovsk direction.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Russian forces executed three bound Ukrainian POWs near Neskuchne on January 3

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

One person was killed in the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:11.961Z

Source story: 44929