Fox News photographer Pierre Zakrzewski and journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova were killed in an attack north of Kyiv on Monday. Correspondent Ben Hall is still in hospital.
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Zakrzewski (55), an Irish citizen living in London, and Kuvshynova (24) were with Hall da their vehicle was hit by gunfire.
Journalist Kuvshynova (24), also known as Sasha, worked as a consultant for the Fox News team in Ukraine.
– She helped our teams navigate in Kyiv and surrounding areas while gathering information and talking to sources, Fox News director Suzanne Scott states in an internal memo that is also shared with VG on Tuesday night.
Their vehicle was hit by incoming fire while in the field with correspondent Benjamin Hall (39).
– She was incredibly talented and spent weeks working directly with our entire team there. She operated around the clock to make sure the world knew what was happening in her country, it is said.
–Experienced war photographer
Earlier Tuesday, Fox News reported that Zakrzewski had been killed.
– Dear colleagues. It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we share the news of our dear cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski. Pierre was killed in Horenka, outside Kyiv in Ukraine, Scott wrote in another internal letter to his employees.
Fox describes Zakrzewski as an experienced war photographer who has covered almost all international events for Fox News, from Iraq to Syria, during his long career with us.
– His passion and talent as a journalist is irreplaceable, the channel writes.
Fox News journalist Lucas Tomlinson has posted a picture of himself with Zakrzewski and Kuvshynova.
– Was very popular
– Today is a heartbreaking day for Fox News Media and for all journalists who risk their lives to disseminate news, the channel writes.
The channel also points out that Zakrzewski played a key role in bringing home the channel’s freelancers and interpreters in Afghanistan, when American forces withdrew from the country.
Zakrzewski leaves behind a wife.
Anton Gerashenko, adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, was the first to report to the Telegram that Kuvshynova was also killed in the attack. Only at 20.30 on Tuesday night did Fox News confirm that Kuvshynova had also been killed.
“We refrained from sharing this terrible news earlier today out of respect for her family, with whom we have been in constant contact,” said Fox CEO Scott.
“We send our deepest condolences to them,” says Scott.
She had been working with the Fox News team for the past month, informs Fox producer Yonat Friling.
– She loved music, and she was funny and kind, says Friling.
Was not at military facility
Ukraine’s Attorney General Irina Venediktova announced on Monday that a journalist was seriously injured and receiving intensive care. It was later revealed that it was Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall.
He is still in hospital. How serious his condition is is not known.
“We are waiting for more news that we will share with you when we can, about the condition of our Benjamin Hall,” says the Fox director.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense states that Hall has lost part of a bone.
–– This man was not at a military facility, where according to Russian officials is always a target. He was not at a military facility, but suffered serious injuries, Venice wrote Facebook.
Hall started in Fow News in 2015 and has worked extensively with foreign affairs, according to the BBC.
Others in a short time
In a short time, there will thus be more journalists who was killed in Ukraine. The 50-year-old journalist Brent Renaud was in Irpin outside Kyiv when he and his colleague Juan Arredondo were shot while sitting in their car on Sunday. Renaud died of his injuries, while Arredondo was injured.
–He worked on a project about the global refugee crisis on behalf of Time.
Photojournalist Yevheni Sakun, who worked for the Spanish news agency EFE, was killed in a Russian attack on the TV tower in Kyiv on March 1.
Ukrainian journalist Victor Dudar was killed outside the city of Mykolaiv in southern Ukraine.
Several other journalists were wounded in the war, among them ea journalist and a photographer from the Danish newspaper Ekstra Bladet.
The attacks on journalists have been condemned by several countries and organizations.
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