The Reuters staff member killed in Ukraine was a British security adviser

Reuters news agency has responded to the death of a worker in eastern Ukraine. It concerns a 38-year-old security consultant who stayed with six colleagues in a hotel in Kramatorsk, the news agency reports.

Yesterday, local authorities said the body of a missing 40-year-old British man had been recovered from the rubble after an hour-long rescue operation. It now turns out to be Brit Ryan Evans, 38 years old. Reuters shared a photo of Evans.

Evans, who served in the British Army, has worked for Reuters since 2022 and has advised its journalists on security around the world: in addition to Ukraine, also in Israel and at the Olympic Games in Paris.

According to local officials, the hotel where he was staying was hit by a Russian Iskander-M ballistic missile. Reuters reports that two other crew members were taken to hospital as a result of the attack and one was treated for serious injuries.

“We are urgently seeking more information about the attack, including by working with authorities in Kramatorsk. We are supporting our colleagues and their families,” Reuters said in the statement.

“We send our deepest sympathies and thoughts to Ryan’s family and loved ones. Ryan helped so many of our journalists cover events around the world; we will miss him very much. “

Reuters previously shared images showing parts of the hotel completely destroyed the attack defeated them. according to Reporters without limits Twelve journalists have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian attack in February 2022.

Kramatosk is located about twenty kilometers west of the front line, and is the last major city in the Donbas that is still under Ukrainian control.

The town was attacked several times by Russian troops. In 2022, dozens of people, including five children, were killed after a Russian missile attack on a busy a train station. Hundreds of people were injured.