Published 15th Mar, 2022

By Joseph Adeiye

Pierre Zakrzewski, a cameraman with Fox News, and Oleksandra Kuvshynova, a fellow journalist from Ukraine, were killed in Ukraine on Monday.

This happened in Horenka, just outside Kyiv, when their vehicle was hit by a strike.

Benjamin Hall, Fox News correspondent, was also critically injured.

The truth is the target. Russian troops fired at Fox News camera crew near Kyiv. Cameraman Pierre Zakrevsky and producer Oleksandra Kurshynova were killed. Journalist Benjamin Hall survived, but lost part of his leg. #RussianWarCrimesinUkraine
— Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) March 15, 2022

Journalists from Fox News and CNN have tweeted tributes to Pierre on Tuesday. Trey Yingst, Fox News International correspondent, said Pierre was “as good as they come. Selfless. Brave. Passionate”.

I don’t know what to say. Pierre was as good as they come. Selfless. Brave. Passionate. I’m so sorry this happened to you. pic.twitter.com/IvxlPWGDAl
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 15, 2022

The Russia-Ukraine war has become increasingly dangerous for the press in the last couple of days. Brent Renaud, a journalist, was killed in Irpin on Saturday. Yevhenii Skaum, a camera operator for the Ukrainian television channel LIVE, was also killed when a TV transmission tower in Kviv was hit by shelling two weeks ago.

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