A Fox News cameraman was killed while covering the war in Ukraine, the American news television network announced today.
Pierre Zakrzewski was accompanying journalist Benjamin Hall, who was injured when their vehicle came under fire in Horenka, near Kyiv, Fox News Media CEO Susan Scott said in a statement.
The London-based group has been in Ukraine since February, he added. He has previously covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria over the US television network.
“He was deeply committed to telling the story and for his bravery. His professionalism and work ethic were well known among journalists in every media outlet,” Fox said in a statement. “He was extremely popular – everyone in the media industry who covered a report in another country knew and respected Pierre.”
In December, he received the Fox News “Unobtrusive Hero” award, in particular because he “played a key role in ousting Afghan freelancers and their families after the Americans left Afghanistan,” she said.
Benjamin Hall, a British national and Fox News correspondent at the State Department, remains in hospital in Ukraine, he said. No details are available on his condition. He was injured in the legs by shrapnel and was taken to the intensive care unit, said today the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Irina Venediktova.
Zakrzevsky is the fourth journalist killed since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
American Brent Renod was shot and killed in the northwestern suburbs of Kiev on Sunday, Ukrainian journalist Yevgeny Sakun was killed in the bombing of the TV tower in Kyiv and Ukrainian Viktor Dudar was killed near his home. according to the Ukrainian authorities who have also counted more than 30 wounded among the representatives of the media covering the war.
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