MOSCOW: Russia opened a legal probe on Saturday into two Italian journalists who reported on Ukraine’s offensive within the Kursk area, accusing them of crossing the border illegally.
Italian public broadcaster RAI aired a report on Wednesday exhibiting the journalists drive into the area accompanied by Ukrainian navy.
Kyiv has been finishing up a significant cross-border floor assault within the Kursk area since August 6.
Russia’s FSB safety service stated it had launched a case in opposition to “international journalists Simone Traini and Stefania Battistini, who illegally crossed the State Border of the Russian Federation”, in accordance with the RIA information company.
It stated the journalists had “carried out video taking pictures within the territory of the settlement of Sudzha”, a city within the area that Ukraine’s forces declare to manage.
The Italian reporters had been proven driving in an armoured car previous Russian street indicators earlier than arriving in Sudzha, round 10 kilometres (six miles) from the border, the place a journalist spoke to native individuals.
Russia summoned Italy’s ambassador to Moscow, Cecilia Piccioni, to protest the report on Friday.
Piccioni defined throughout the assembly that RAI, “and specifically the editorial groups, plan their actions in a completely free and impartial means”, an Italian international ministry spokesman instructed AFP.
Italian public broadcaster RAI aired a report on Wednesday exhibiting the journalists drive into the area accompanied by Ukrainian navy.
Kyiv has been finishing up a significant cross-border floor assault within the Kursk area since August 6.
Russia’s FSB safety service stated it had launched a case in opposition to “international journalists Simone Traini and Stefania Battistini, who illegally crossed the State Border of the Russian Federation”, in accordance with the RIA information company.
It stated the journalists had “carried out video taking pictures within the territory of the settlement of Sudzha”, a city within the area that Ukraine’s forces declare to manage.
The Italian reporters had been proven driving in an armoured car previous Russian street indicators earlier than arriving in Sudzha, round 10 kilometres (six miles) from the border, the place a journalist spoke to native individuals.
Russia summoned Italy’s ambassador to Moscow, Cecilia Piccioni, to protest the report on Friday.
Piccioni defined throughout the assembly that RAI, “and specifically the editorial groups, plan their actions in a completely free and impartial means”, an Italian international ministry spokesman instructed AFP.
