MOSCOW, Aug 26 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Monday it

had seen media reports about the death of a Reuters safety

adviser in a missile strike on a Ukrainian hotel, and that

Moscow targeted only military infrastructure in Ukraine.

"I'll repeat once again. (Russian) strikes are carried out

against military infrastructure objects, and, or against targets

related to military infrastructure in one way or another,"

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on a conference

call when asked about the incident.

Peskov did not say whether he put security advisors who

protect journalists in the military category. Asked subsequently

by Reuters to provide further details and explain his remarks,

Peskov did not immediately respond.

Ryan Evans, a member of the Reuters team covering the war in

Ukraine, was killed and two Reuters journalists were injured in

a strike on a hotel in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk,

the news agency said on Sunday.

Like many news organisations, Reuters employs safety

advisers to work with journalists deployed in conflict zones.

Evans, a former British soldier, had been working with

Reuters since 2022 and advised its journalists on safety around

the world including in Ukraine, Israel and at the Paris

Olympics. He was 38.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the hotel was hit by a

Russian Iskander missile, a ballistic missile that can strike at

distances up to 500 km (310 miles).

Reuters was not able to independently verify if the missile

that hit the hotel was fired by Russia or if it was a deliberate

strike on that building.

Peskov, the Kremlin spokesman, said he had read media

reports about what had happened.

"I have read information from employees of the (news) agency

that we're not talking about a journalist here, but about some

kind of security adviser," said Peskov.

Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilians or civilian

infrastructure.

Towns and villages across Ukraine have been left devastated

by what Russia calls its "special military operation" in

Ukraine. Kyiv accuses Russian forces of war crimes, something it

denies.