Sports journalist and commentator Vasily Utkin dies in Russia
Kyiv • UNN
Russian sports journalist and commentator Vasily Utkin, 52, died of suspected pulmonary embolism despite being immediately hospitalized.
Russian sports journalist and commentator Vasily Utkin has died. He was 52 years old, UNN reports with reference to the Russian media.
"... it's true. Vasyl is no longer with us," the football club, where Utkin had recently worked, said in a statement.
The preliminary cause of Vasyl Utkin's death was a pulmonary embolism; today he was immediately hospitalized, but they could not save him, Mash reports.
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Utkin often made harsh remarks about Ukraine, and also justified the occupation of Crimea.