Ukraine: Award-winning director and former New York Times journalist shot in the neck

In sad news of the death of the New York Times correspondent who fell dead from Russian fire was reported by the newspaper in a statement. According to the New York Times, Brent Reno was not their envoy to Ukraine but in what he wore the badge that was found on him, it was given to him for a job, many years ago.

The New York Times said in a statement: “We are deeply saddened by the loss of Brent Reno. Brent was a talented director whose work had helped the New York Times to the fullest..

Although he has offered to the Times in the past, was not sent by the Times in Ukraine. Some media outlets may have reported that he was our envoy as he wore a Times badge, however that was given to him for a job many years ago “.

“He had to stay behind – I saw he had been shot in the neck”

Brent Reno, 51, was an American independent award winner director documentary and producer. He was initially thought to have been sent to the New York Times because he was holding the press badge that bore the newspaper’s name.

Another American journalist who was with him in the car and survived the attack spoke to a journalist of the Italian newspaper Internazionale from the hospital. He said Reno was shot in the neck and “He had to stay behind.”

«We had crossed the first bridge to Irpin. We went to film other refugees leaving, we got in a car. Someone offered to take us to the other bridge. We passed a checkpoint and they started shooting at us. The driver came back, there were two of us. My friend is Brent Reno. He was shot and left behind. I saw that he had been shot in the neck. We broke up”, he said. The reporter, who said he was called Juan, said he was taken by ambulance to hospital.

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told CNN on Sunday morning: “If, in fact, an American journalist was killed, it is a shocking and horrific event. It is another example of the barbarity of Vladimir Putin and his forces targeting schools, mosques, hospitals and journalists. That is why we are working so hard to impose serious consequences on him and to try to help the Ukrainians with all the military assistance we can muster so that we can repel the attack of these Russian forces. “

Ukrainian doctors could do nothing to help him

PBS journalist Jane Ferguson, who is in Ukraine, wrote on Twitter: “I just left the roadside spot near Irpin, where the body of American journalist Brent Reno was under a blanket. Ukrainian doctors could do nothing to help him».


Source: News Beast

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