Reuters safety adviser killed in Russian missile attack on Kramatorsk hotel
Al Jazeera
Ryan Evans was staying at the hotel in Ukraine with a six-strong Reuters team. Two journalists were injured, one of them seriously.
Ryan Evans, a safety adviser with Reuters, has been confirmed dead after a Russian missile hit a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk where he was staying with a six-strong team from the news agency.
Reuters confirmed the death of Evans, a 38-year-old former British soldier, in a statement on Sunday.
Two of its journalists were injured, one of them seriously, and were being treated in hospital, the statement added. The three other members of the team were safe.
“We are urgently seeking more information about the attack, including by working with the authorities in Kramatorsk, and we are supporting our colleagues and their families,” Reuters said.
Evans had been working with Reuters since 2022 and advised its journalists on safety around the world including in Ukraine, Israel and at the Paris Olympics.
