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Russian investigative website says reporter killed in Kyiv shelling

Russian Journalist Oksana Baulina, who was killed during shelling in Kyiv according to a Russian investigative website, takes a selfie in an undated photo obtained from her Facebook profile March 23, 2022. Oksana Baulina via Facebook/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Russian investigative website The Insider said on Wednesday that one of its reporters had been killed in Kyiv when Russian forces shelled a suburb where she had been filming damage from an earlier attack.

"Insider journalist Oksana Baulina died during a bombardment in Kyiv while carrying out an editorial assignment ... another civilian died with her," the outlet, whose editorial offices are based in Latvia, said on its website.

At least five journalists have now died since Russian forces invaded Ukraine last month.

Russian Journalist Oksana Baulina, who was killed during shelling in Kyiv according to a Russian investigative website, takes a selfie in an undated photo obtained from her Facebook profile March 23, 2022. Oksana Baulina via Facebook/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

Baulina had previously worked for jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, The Insider said.

Last December the outlet, which is on an official Russian list of "foreign agents," was fined for breaking a law that requires it to attach a disclaimer to its publications and subjects it to increased bureaucratic scrutiny.

Russian Journalist Oksana Baulina, who was killed during shelling in Kyiv according to a Russian investigative website, takes a selfie in an undated photo obtained from her Facebook profile March 23, 2022. Oksana Baulina via Facebook/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

(Reporting by David Ljunggren; Editing by Mark Porter)

Russian Journalist Oksana Baulina, who was killed during shelling in Kyiv according to a Russian investigative website, takes a selfie in an undated photo obtained from her Twitter profile March 23, 2022. @oksana_baulina via Twitter/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.
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