Two Ukrainian journalists were killed by a Russian drone in the eastern city of Kramatorsk on Thursday (October 23) in an attack that was condemned by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and described by Ukraine's human rights ombudsman as a war crime.

The location was verified by matching the building structure and road layout to satellite and file imagery. The date when the video was filmed could not be independently verified, however the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine wrote on Telegram that Russia used a drone to strike a car carrying a Ukrainian Freedom TV crew on Thursday.

Donetsk region governor Vadym Filashkin identified the journalists as Olena Hubanova and Yevhen Karmazin from Ukraine's state-funded Freedom television channel. The channel, which broadcasts in Russian, confirmed their deaths and said they were in a car at a petrol station at the time of the strike.

Filashkin said they were hit by a Lancet, a costly and powerful drone often used against tanks and armored vehicles.

The general prosecutor's office said a colleague of the two journalists had also been wounded and that it had opened a war crime investigation.

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REFILE: Two Ukrainian journalists killed by Russian drone

VIDEO SHOWS: PHOTOGRAPHS OF DESTROYED CAR / FILE FOOTAGE OF KILLED JOURNALISTS

- Location verified by building structure and road layout.

- Date could not be verified, however Ukraine's Ministry of Internal Affairs said the attack happened on October 23

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SHOWS: KRAMATORSK, UKRAINE (RELEASED OCTOBER 23, 2025) (NATIONAL POLICE OF UKRAINE - Must on screen courtesy National Police of Ukraine)

1. VARIOUS OF DESTROYED CAR

2. BODIES LYING NEAR DESTROYED CAR (VIDEO BLURRED AT SOURCE)

3. POLICE OFFICERS NEAR DESTROYED CAR

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (OCTOBER 23, 2025) (FREEDOM TV CHANNEL - Must on screen courtesy FREEDOM TV CHANNEL) (MUTE)

4. VARIOUS STILL PHOTOGRAPHS OF DESTROYED CAR

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (FILE - JANUARY 2024) (FREEDOM TV CHANNEL - Must on screen courtesy FREEDOM TV CHANNEL) (MUTE)

5. JOURNALIST OLENA HUBANOVA TALKING TO CAMERA

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (FILE - DECEMBER 2023) (FREEDOM TV CHANNEL - Must on screen courtesy FREEDOM TV CHANNEL) (MUTE)

6. JOURNALIST OLENA HUBANOVA ON MILITARY VEHICLE

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (FILE) (FREEDOM TV CHANNEL - Must on screen courtesy FREEDOM TV CHANNEL) (MUTE)

7. JOURNALIST OLENA HUBANOVA TALKING TO CAMERA

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (FILE - DECEMBER 2023) (FREEDOM TV CHANNEL - Must on screen courtesy FREEDOM TV CHANNEL) (MUTE)

8. JOURNALIST OLENA HUBANOVA TALKING TO CAMERA

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (FILE - DECEMBER 2024) (FREEDOM TV CHANNEL - Must on screen courtesy FREEDOM TV CHANNEL) (MUTE)

9. JOURNALIST OLENA HUBANOVA HOLDING SWAN

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (FILE) (FREEDOM TV CHANNEL - Must on screen courtesy FREEDOM TV CHANNEL) (MUTE)

10. CAMERAMAN YEVHEN KARMAZIN

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (FILE) (FREEDOM TV CHANNEL - Must on screen courtesy FREEDOM TV CHANNEL) (MUTE)

11. VARIOUS OF CAMERAMAN YEVHEN KARMAZIN PUSHING CAR

DONETSK REGION, UKRAINE (FILE - AUGUST 2024) (FREEDOM TV CHANNEL - Must on screen courtesy FREEDOM TV CHANNEL) (MUTE)

12. VARIOUS OF CAMERAMAN YEVHEN KARMAZIN TALKING