An Italian journalist from the daily La Repubblica was injured during a drone strike in Kherson, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Twitter Wednesday.
Tajani said journalist Corrado Zunino was doing “well and is being accompanied by our embassy in Kyiv,” he wrote.
“I have been in touch with (Foreign) Minister Kuleba who has assured me the full collaboration of Ukrainian authorities,” Tajani also said. “I have informed Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and expressed my solidarity and support to (La Repubblica) Director Maurizio Molinari.”
At the time of the incident, it was not immediately clear who was behind the drone strike or when it took place.
What Ukraine is saying: Ukraine Andriy Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, said Zunino was injured near the Antonivskyi bridge.
“The enemy is shelling Kherson region. A 26-year-old man was injured in an artillery strike on Stanislav,” Yermak said on Telegram on Wednesday. “Russians also shelled the Antonivskyi Bridge area, resulting in the injury of a foreign press representative.”
In a comment to CNN, Yermak’s office said the press representative he referenced was Zunino.
More on injured journalist: According to a statement from the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s office, Zunino sustained a shoulder injury.
“A correspondent of a foreign media outlet also sustained a firearm wound to the shoulder,” it said. “He was working on a story about life in the city, which had been under occupation for a long time and is now subject to systematic shelling by the Russian army.”
“He was taken to a hospital where he is receiving qualified medical care. Necessary investigative actions are currently underway to document another crime of the Russian Federation,” the statement added.
Zunino said he is fine after being injured during a Russian strike in Kherson.
“Travelling from Kherson to Odesa,” Zunino tweeted Wednesday evening. “I am fine, I have a would in my right shoulder, grazed by the projective that hit my great friend Bogdan.”
CNN has reached out to Ukrainian authorities, but it was not immediately possible to confirm the condition his colleague was in.
“An infinite pain,” he added. “I was wearing a vest with ‘Press’ written on it.”
Some context: Soon after the invasion of Ukraine began, Kherson was taken over by Russian forces, only emerging from months of occupation on November 11, 2022, when the Kremlin’s troops withdrew. However, the southern Kherson region is still partly held by Russia.
CNN’s Mick Krever and Matthew Chance contributed to this post.
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