Washington – An American journalist was killed and another journalist was wounded by Russian forces in the city of Irpin outside the capital Kiev on Sunday, Ukrainian police said.
Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old filmmaker, was killed when Russian troops opened fire, according to Andriy Nebytov, head of the Kiev regional police force. Nebitov posted a graphic photo of Reno’s body on Facebook, as well as photos of his US passport and media credentials issued by the New York Times.
A Times spokeswoman said Renaud was “a talented director who had contributed to the New York Times all these years,” most recently in 2015, but “was not assigned to any Times office in Ukraine.”
Nebytov wrote that Renaud “paid [with] his life because he tried to show the ingenuity, toughness and toughness of the attacker “, according to an automated translation of his Facebook post.
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan called the reports of Reno’s death “shocking and horrific.” saying “Face the Nation” on Sunday that the US and its allies would impose “appropriate consequences” against Russia for the assassination.
“I will just say that this is part and parcel of what was a brazen attack by the Russians, targeting civilians, targeting hospitals, targeting places of worship and targeting journalists,” Sullivan said. .
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