Russian journalists have been among the Ukrainian special services' targets. A Russian broadcaster correspondent was injured on Wednesday and died the next day from the wounds.
"For the courage and bravery shown while performing professional duty, to award the Order of Courage to Boris Bakhtiyarovich Maksudov, a correspondent of the information channel Rossiya 24… (posthumously)," the decree read.
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainian armed forces had hit a group of Russian reporters, who were covering Ukrainian attacks targeting settlements, with drones filled with fragmentation shells in the Zaporozhye Region, adding that Maksudov had been injured. The next day, Russian journalist Vladimir Solovyov said that Maksudov had died of the received injuries.
Boris Maksudov worked for the Rossiya 24 TV channel for the last several years, covering events from hot spots. He was reporting from the Zaporozhye Region for the last month. On November 18, Maksudov celebrated his 38th birthday.