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Moscow says West 'responsible' for death of Russian journalist in Ukraine

Moscow, Russia: The death of a Russian journalist in Ukraine was 'a heinous, premeditated crime' committed by Western powers and Kyiv, Russia's foreign ministry said Saturday, vowing a 'response' against those to blame.

Earlier the Russian military announced that Rostislav Zhuravlev, a war correspondent working for the state RIA Novosti news agency, had been killed in a Ukrainian strike in the southern Zaporizhzhia region on Saturday.