Situation in Ukraine: Death of New York Times journalist reported
The head of the Kyiv Oblast police Andrey Nebitov reported the death of The New York Times journalist Brent Renaud. Reuters reports.
The Renaud brothers are best known for telling humanistic stories from hotspots around the world. They have filmed the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, the earthquake in Haiti, the political turmoil in Egypt and Libya, the fight for Mosul and other crisis spots.
The New York Times commented on the death of journalist Brent Renaud. Its spokesman Levy Clifford said on Twitter that the journalist was not on a business trip to Ukraine on behalf of the newspaper.
He said the media outlet was deeply saddened by reports of Brent Renaud’s death, but that he had not been on a business trip to Ukraine on behalf of their newspaper.
«We are deeply saddened to hear of Brent Renaud’s death. Brent was a talented filmmaker who had contributed to The New York Times over the years. Though he had contributed to the Times in the past (most recently in 2015), he was not on assignment for any desk in Ukraine. Early reports that he worked for The Times circulated because he was wearing a Times press badge that had been issued for an assignment many years ago,» he explained.
