“ In the temporarily occupied part of the Zaporizhzhia region, Ivan Zuyev, a “military officer” of the Russian state news agency “RIA Novosti”, was killed by a drone strike. His colleague, Yuriy Voitkevich, was seriously injured. Source: Russian state news agency “RIA Novosti” Details: On Thursday, October 16, Russian state media reported the death of its employee Ivan Zuyev “while performing an editorial task” in the Zaporizhzhia region. According to their version, a group of propagandists was hit by a Ukrainian drone. As a result of the attack, Zuev died on the spot, and his colleague, Yuriy Voitkevich, was hospitalized with serious injuries. The death of the propagandist was also confirmed by Yevhen Balytskyi, Gauleiter of the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia. Zuev was an active participant in the information war against Ukraine. He made his first business trip to Donbas back in July 2014. With the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, he covered the occupation of Volnovakha, Sartana and the Mariupol environs for the Russian state agency Sputnik Ближнее зарубежье. For his devoted service to the Kremlin regime, Zuyev was repeatedly awarded state awards, and in March 2025 he received thanks from Vladimir Putin. His wounded colleague Voitkevich also filmed Russian propaganda for years, for which he was awarded the medal of the Order “For Services to the Fatherland”. “RIA Novosti” stated that this is the third case of the death of their employee on “combat missions”. Earlier, in 2014, Andrii Stenin died, and in 2023 – Rostislav Zhuravlev. Zuev, who for years covered the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, received a personal thank you from Vladimir Putin for his propaganda activities in March of this year. Zuyev’s death added to the list of Russian propagandists who died during the full-scale war: Daria Dugin: the daughter of the ideologue of “Russian world” Oleksandr Dugin died in August 2022. A 29-year-old propagandist who actively supported the war died in a car explosion in the Moscow suburbs; Vladlen Tatarskyi (Maxim Fomin): “Warrior”, known for calling for the genocide of Ukrainians, was liquidated in April 2023 in St. Petersburg. The explosive device embedded in the statuette went off during his “creative evening”; Andriy Morozov (“Murz”): active participant in information warfare and Z-blogger, was found dead in February 2024. According to Russian media reports, he committed suicide after being harassed by the command for disclosing data on the high losses of the Russian army near Avdiivka; Kyrylo Vyshinskyi: the former editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti Ukraina, who was accused of treason in Ukraine, died in August 2025 in Moscow at the age of 58 after a “severe and prolonged illness.” In 2019, he was exchanged for Ukrainian political prisoners.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Photo: “Komsomolskaya Pravda” Source: Russian state information agency “RIA Novosti”
Details: On Thursday, October 16, Russian state media reported the death of its employee Ivan Zuyev “while performing an editorial task” in the Zaporizhzhia region.
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According to their version, a group of propagandists was hit by a Ukrainian drone. As a result of the attack, Zuev died on the spot, and his colleague, Yuriy Voitkevich, was hospitalized with serious injuries. The death of the propagandist was also confirmed by Yevhen Balytskyi, Gauleiter of the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia.
Zuev was an active participant in the information war against Ukraine. He made his first business trip to Donbas back in July 2014. With the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, he covered the occupation of Volnovakha, Sartana and the Mariupol environs for the Russian state agency Sputnik Ближнее зарубежье. For his devoted service to the Kremlin regime, Zuyev was repeatedly awarded state awards, and in March 2025 he received thanks from Vladimir Putin.
His wounded colleague Voitkevich also filmed Russian propaganda for years, for which he was awarded the medal of the Order “For Services to the Fatherland”.
“RIA Novosti” stated that this is the third case of the death of their employee on “combat missions”. Earlier, in 2014, Andrii Stenin died, and in 2023 – Rostislav Zhuravlev.
Zuev, who for years covered the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, received a personal thank you from Vladimir Putin for his propaganda activities in March of this year.
Zuyev’s death added to the list of Russian propagandists who died during the full-scale war:
Darya Dugina: the daughter of the ideologue of “Russian world” Oleksandr Dugin died in August 2022. A 29-year-old propagandist who actively supported the war, died as a result of a car explosion in the Moscow region;
Vladlen Tatarskyi (Maxim Fomin): “Warrior”, known for calling for the genocide of Ukrainians, was liquidated in April 2023 in St. Petersburg. An explosive device embedded in a statuette, worked during his “creative evening”;
Andriy Morozov (“Murz”): active participant in information warfare and Z-blogger, was found dead in February 2024. According to Russian media reports, he committed suicide after being harassed by the command for disclosing data on the high losses of the Russian army near Avdiivka;
Kyrylo Vyshinskyi: the former editor-in-chief of RIA Novosti Ukraina, who was accused of treason in Ukraine, died in August 2025 in Moscow at the age of 58 after a “severe and prolonged illness.” In 2019, his exchanged on Ukrainian political prisoners.