Russians Kill U.S. Journalist In Ukraine

A US journalist was shot dead and another wounded on Sunday, Mar. 13, 2022, in Irpin, a frontline suburb of Kyiv that has witnessed some of the fiercest fighting since Russia invaded Ukraine, Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported.

Photo Insert: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the shooting of documentary filmmaker Brent Renaud "a deliberate attack by the Russian military. They knew what they were doing."

Video documentary maker Brent Renaud, 50, was working for Time Studios on a project about global refugee issues, the media outlet said. "We are devastated by the loss of Brent Renaud," Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal said in a statement.

"Our hearts are with all of Brent's loved ones. It is essential that journalists are able to safely cover this ongoing invasion and humanitarian crisis in Ukraine."

A New York Times identity card was among Renaud's papers, leading to earlier reports he worked for the paper. The International Federation of Journalists identified the wounded reporter as US photographer Juan Arredondo.

A third victim, a Ukrainian who had been in the same car as the Americans, was also wounded, according to a medic at the scene. Renaud becomes the first foreign reporter killed in Ukraine since the Russian assault began on February 24.

AFP reporters in Irpin saw Ukrainian volunteer soldiers rush the body on a stretcher to a more secure location before laying it out on the ground for further identification. Danylo Shapovalov, a surgeon volunteering for the Ukrainian territorial defense, said Renaud died instantly from a gunshot wound to his neck.

Ukrainian officials were quick to blame Russian forces for the shooting, with President Volodymyr Zelensky calling it "a deliberate attack by the Russian military. They knew what they were doing."

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