A 51-year-old US reporter, Brent Renaud, was reportedly shot useless by the Russian forces in Ukraine on Sunday.
The head of police within the Kyiv area, Andriy Nebitov, mentioned that Renaud had been killed and one other journalist wounded by Russian forces in Irpin. “The invaders cynically kill even journalists of the international media who try to show the truth about the atrocities of Russian troops in Ukraine,” Nebitov wrote on Facebook.
While preliminary experiences claimed Renaud was on an project with The New York Times, the publication clarified that was not the case.
In a press release printed on social media, New York Times deputy managing editor Cliff Levy mentioned they have been “deeply saddened” by the information and Renaud was a “talented photographer and filmmaker”.
,@nytimes is deeply saddened to study of the dying of an American journalist in Ukraine, Brent Renaud.
Brent was a gifted photographer and filmmaker, however he was not on project for @nytimes in Ukraine.
Full assertion is right here. pic.twitter.com/bRcrnNDacQ— Cliff Levy (@cliffordlevy) March 13, 2022
“Early reports that he worked for Times circulated because he was wearing a Times press badge that had been issued for an assignment many years ago,” the assertion shared by NYT learn.
Meanwhile, Maksym Kozytskyi, the Governor of Ukraine’s Lviv area, on Saturday mentioned that 35 individuals have been killed in a Russian assault on Ukraine’s western navy base, information company Reuters reported.
Kozytskyi mentioned Russian forces fired greater than 30 cruise missiles on the Yavoriv navy vary, situated 30 kilometers (19 miles) northwest of town of Lviv and 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Ukraine’s border with Poland.
The US and NATO have commonly despatched instructors to the vary, also called the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, to coach Ukrainian navy personnel. The facility has additionally hosted worldwide NATO drills.
The assault introduced the struggle nearer to the border with Poland after a senior Russian diplomat warned that Moscow thought-about international shipments of navy tools to Ukraine “legitimate targets.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
