An American journalist was killed and another wounded by bullets on Sunday in Irpin, on the northwestern edge of Kyiv, where Ukrainian forces are fighting Russian forces, we learned from concordant sources.
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The two men were hit at midday while driving with a Ukrainian civilian, also injured, Danylo Shapovalov, a doctor working with the Ukrainian forces who treated the victims, told AFP. .
The Ukrainian authorities quickly accused their Russian enemies of having fired on the journalists, but the origin of the shots was difficult to establish immediately.
AFP journalists who were in this area on Sunday heard artillery and smaller arms fire there.
A journalist saw the body of the slain journalist, who had his identity papers on him, including an accreditation card from the New York Times.
This is Brent Renaud, 50, photographer and director, the American newspaper said in a press release. He had worked for The New York Times in the past, but he did not work for that newspaper in Ukraine, the statement said.
He is the first foreign journalist to die since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
The other American journalist, apparently slightly injured, testified in a video posted on social networks.