War in Ukraine: a journalist from the American channel Fox News and a Ukrainian journalist killed in their vehicle by gunfire, near kyiv
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The facts took place in Horenka, in the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital. Pierre Zakrzewski, journalist cameraman, died of his injuries. Journalist Benjamin Hall, who accompanied him, was injured and remains hospitalized. Their "fixer", the Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshinova, was killed by the shots.
Journalists also pay a heavy price in Ukraine. The vehicle of a Fox News team was targeted on Monday March 14 in Horenka, near kyiv, by gunfire. A journalist cameraman for the American channel, the Irishman Pierre Zakrzewski, was killed, the channel announced on Tuesday. Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshinova, who was the team's "fixer" (local contact who assists journalists on assignment), was also found dead. Fox News journalist Benjamin Hall, of British nationality, also present in the vehicle, was injured and remains hospitalized. Their car was "hit by gunfire," the Fox News statement said.
Fox News memo on the death of its cameraman, Pierre Zakrzewski, in Ukraine. Pierre was with Ben Hall when their vehicle was struck by incoming fire. Hall remains hospitalized. pic.twitter.com/CAGB5FLwYW
— Michael M. Grynbaum (@grynbaum) March 15, 2022
On March 1, a Ukrainian journalist was killed in a strike that also hit the Ukrainian capital, and an American documentary filmmaker, Brent Renaud, was shot dead on Sunday in Irpin, still on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital.
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