The sentence "for the sake of Semyon" made Russia's combat effectiveness burst in an instant, and also made Ukraine in distress feel what it means to take revenge on a fighting nation, and taste a "rain of shells". Those who pay attention to the battlefield of Russia and Ukraine know that since the start of the war in 2022, a group of "warriors" without guns have been active on the battlefield, who are brave and fearless, face danger, protect the truth, and are respected war correspondents. However, during the fighting on April 19, Semyon Yelyomin, a well-known Russian war correspondent, became the target of the Ukrainian army and eventually lost his life. Semyon's death made the entire Russian army collectively furious, and in order to take revenge, the Russian army fired artillery on the Ukrainian positions on all fronts, and the shell casings even said "For Semyon". A war of revenge has also escalated the war between Russia and Ukraine.
Semyon Yelyomin, 42, is a veteran war correspondent in Russia. Since joining the Russian newspaper Izvestia in 2017, he has covered the Russian army's counter-terrorism operations in the Caucasus and the Syrian civil war, and is also one of the first war correspondents in Russia to report on the front line of Russia and Ukraine. Although he belonged to civilian personnel, for more than two years, Semyon completely regarded himself as an ordinary soldier, eating and living with Russian soldiers, and voluntarily refused the special care of his superiors. In the professional field, he adheres to a fair and objective attitude and truthfully reports the real picture of the battlefield. In particular, he refuted a series of false propaganda in response to the US and Western media, which he refuted with the pen and camera in his hand, and was truly loved by the Russian people and Russian soldiers.
It stands to reason that war correspondents should be protected by the troops on the front line, but Semyon fully embodies the mission of a war correspondent, not only refusing special protection, acting with the soldiers, but also mingling with the front-line soldiers. Even, when the soldiers were injured, before the medical staff arrived, he would take the initiative to help the Russian army deal with the wounds, and even help the sacrificed Russian soldiers properly deal with the aftermath. His series of good deeds and heroic performances have also been highly affirmed by the Russian government, and he was awarded the medal of "Meritorious Service of the Motherland of the Second Class" by Russia.
However, such a war correspondent, who can be called a hero of Russia, has become a key target of sniping by the Ukrainian army. According to Russian media reports, on April 19, Semyon accompanied some Russian soldiers to report on the battlefield in the Zaporozhye region. And just when the Russian army launched a charge on the positions of the Ukrainian army, the Ukrainian army sent a number of drones, and finally locked on Semyon and threw bombs continuously, which eventually led to his death.
For now, Russia has defined Semyon's death as murder, believing that Ukraine was a targeted sniping campaign, and the Ukrainian side has not responded. According to the practice of journalism, journalists who report from war zones in war zones generally wear blue bulletproof vests that identify journalists, and the word "PRESS" is printed on the surface of the vest to avoid accidental injury. Since the Ukrainian army is dispatching drones, from the perspective of drones, it is completely easy to identify Semyon's identity. It can be inferred from this that it is unlikely that this incident was an accidental injury.
At present, Semyon's death has not only aroused the indignation of the Russian army, but also caused an uproar in Russia. While remembering and praising Semyon, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova pointed the finger at Ukraine and publicly stated that Russia would avenge Semyon. The fighting nation has a clear distinction between grievances and grievances, and there is a long tradition of revenge.
Ukrainians seem to have forgotten history. During the Soviet-German War in World War II, the heroic and unyielding "Soviet Heroine" Zoya was tortured by the German army in every way and lost her life at the age of 18. With the slogan of "avenging Zoya", the Soviet soldiers and civilians not only annihilated the German unit that killed her, but also finally won the Soviet-German war. Today, after many years, Ukraine's sniping of Russian war correspondents has once again touched the scales of the fighting nation. It is foreseeable that in the face of the Russian army, which is full of anger, the Ukrainian soldiers on the Russian-Ukrainian battlefield will usher in nightmare revenge.