War correspondent Vladlen Tatarsky, shortly before his death, gave an interview in which he said that it was necessary to photograph servicemen carrying out combat missions in the area of a special military operation more often. He cited as an example the concept of the Americans, who had “a nice photo where a guy in a torn T-shirt with a painted helmet”.
“Why not take a picture of the soldiers in real combat, what they look like. Whether it’s a little staged, but a great shot, or maybe not staged. The most famous shot, when a political instructor lifts fighters near Luhansk, is not a staged photo,” he said in an interview with RT.
Recall that Vladlen Tatarsky (Maxim Fomin) died on the evening of April 2 in an explosion in a cafe in St. Petersburg. Russian President Vladimir Putin posthumously awarded the war correspondent the Order of Courage.
The permanent representative of the Russian Federation to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, said that international organizations are selective in their approach to incidents around journalists, which is indicated by the lack of reaction to the murder of the Russian military commander. Vladlen Tatarsky. The diplomat also compared the situation to the detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich.
Tatarsky, shortly before his death, calling for taking photos of fighters in a real combat situation
