WASHINGTON: The White House has strongly condemned a missile attack in Ukraine that injured Reuters journalists and resulted in the death of a safety adviser for the news agency. National Security Council spokesperson Sean Savett expressed condolences to Reuters in a post on X on Tuesday.
“We condemn this attack in the strongest terms and extend our deepest condolences to @Reuters for the loss of one of their own,” Savett wrote.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday that the Hotel Sapphire in Kramatorsk was struck by a Russian Iskander missile, which has a range of up to 500 kilometers (310 miles).
Reuters has not independently verified whether the missile was fired by Russia or if the attack on the hotel was intentional.
The news agency reported that Ryan Evans, a safety adviser for Reuters, was killed in the attack, and two other journalists were injured.
