Reuters journalist missing after strike on hotel in Ukraine

A member of the Reuters news agency team was reported missing and two others were seriously injured in a strike on a hotel in the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk.
A team of six journalists from Reuters was staying at the hotel, Reuters said in a statement.
“One of our colleagues is unaccounted for, while another two have been taken to hospital for treatment,” Reuters added.
Noting that the other three journalists are accounted for, the Reuters statement also said, “We are urgently seeking more information, working with the authorities in Kramatorsk and supporting our colleagues and their families. We will give an update when we have more information.”
Reuters has not yet named its team.
Regional officials said the body of a British citizen believed to be a journalist was recovered from the rubble and that four other journalists, with German, Latvian, Ukrainian and U.S. citizenship, were injured.
The attack hit Hotel Sapphire around 10.35 p.m. local time. The hotel had regularly been used by media and aid workers as a base when reporting in the region.
Ukraine said Russian attacks killed 15 civilians in the past day.
Vadym Filashkin, the head of the Donetsk region, said via Telegram Sunday that authorities and rescue workers are on site.
“Debris clearance and rescue operations are ongoing,” he said, adding, “Seventeen private houses, six high-rise buildings, three enterprises, an administrative building and a coffeeshop were damaged.”
Reuters said that Russia’s Ministry of Defense had not responded to a request for comment.
Footage shared on X by VOA sister network Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty showed rescue workers removing at least one body from the rubble, and damage to the hotel and surrounding buildings.
At least 15 journalists have been killed covering the war in Ukraine, since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, according to data by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
Six of those were foreign correspondents, including Fox News video journalist Pierre Zakrzewski and American filmmaker Brent Renaud.
Some information for this article came from Reuters.