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British safety adviser killed in missile strike on hotel in Ukraine

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A British safety adviser working in eastern Ukraine was killed after a missile strike on a hotel on Saturday.

Ryan Evans, who was part of a six-person Reuters team covering the war in Ukraine, was killed and two Reuters journalists were injured in a strike on the Hotel Sapphire in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the news agency said on Sunday.

Two of the agency’s journalists were being treated in hospital; one of them was seriously injured, the agency said in a statement.

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

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