“Investigators of the Investigative Committee of Russia will identify the persons involved in the commission of this crime and give their actions a legal assessment,” the statement of the Investigative Committee says.

According to the journalist himself, he received a shrapnel wound when he worked together with the 1st separate Slavic motorized rifle brigade of the People's Militia of the DPR.

In May, the film crew of RT military correspondent Valentin Gorshenin also came under fire from Gradov in Dokuchaevsk, two cameramen received shrapnel wounds.