Why the quotes around "war correspondent?" Was he Press, or was he not?
Biased or not, unarmed journalists and medical personnel should be off-limits.
As I understand, he was embedded, and wasn't personally targeted; too bad for him. That's the risk you take. But the quotes in the title appear to try to legitimize him as a valid target, and unless he was engaging in combat, that's not right.
Slava Ukraini.