Corrado Zunino, a correspondent of Italian La Repubblica, was injured on Wednesday near Kherson after the car he was traveling in with his fixer was fired upon.

The journalist received assistance and was hospitalised in the Kherson city hospital with a shoulder injury. Nothing is currently known about his assistant.

The Italian Foreign Minister, Antonio Tajani, reported that Zunino was wounded in the shoulder by a drone attack.

"He is doing well and is being accompanied by our embassy in Kyiv. I am in contact with Minister Kuleba, who assured me of the full support of the Ukrainian government," he wrote on Twitter.

Corrado Zunino giornalista di @repubblica, rimasto ferito ad una spalla durante l'attacco di un drone a Kherson, sta bene ed è seguito dalla nostra Ambasciata a Kiev. Sono insieme al Ministro Kuleba che ha assicurato la piena collaborazione delle autorità ucraine.

— Antonio Tajani (@Antonio_Tajani) April 26, 2023

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