While preparing the next reportage, the film crew of Kuksenkova found herself under fire from the Ukrainian military.
The correspondent received shrapnel wounds to her legs, the operator and sound engineer were not injured.
“Several shrapnel hit both legs.
The military immediately injected an anti-shock agent and evacuated to the nearest hospital, ”Kuksenkova said.
Earlier it was reported that Izvestia's military commander Rodion Severyanov was wounded in the leg near Mariupol.
According to the newspaper, this happened as a result of a sniper shot.
Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin instructed to investigate the circumstances of the incident.