{"id":92771,"date":"2022-03-13T22:30:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T21:30:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=92771"},"modified":"2022-03-13T22:30:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T21:30:25","slug":"breaking-us-journalist-shot-dead-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/breaking-us-journalist-shot-dead-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: US Journalist Shot Dead In Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1727221170855809214\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Brent Renaud, a United States journalist, was gunned down in Irpin, a frontline northwest suburb of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, on Sunday.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nRenuad was killed in the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The head of police in the Kyiv region said Renaud had been killed and another journalist wounded by Russian forces in Irpin, east of the capital.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe invaders cynically kill even journalists of the international media who try to show the truth about the atrocities of Russian troops in Ukraine,\u201d Andriy Nebitov wrote on Facebook.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cOf course, the profession of a journalist is a risk, but US citizen Brent Renaud paid his life for trying to highlight the aggressor\u2019s ingenuity, cruelty and ruthlessness.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He also published photos of the press ID and passport of Mr Renaud, which had led to initial reports that Renaud had been on assignment for the New York Times.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement published on social media, New York Times deputy managing editor Cliff Levy said the publication was \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d to learn of Mr Renaud\u2019s death, who he described as a \u201ctalented photographer and filmmaker\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThough Mr Renaud had contributed to the Times previously, he had not been on assignment for the publication in Ukraine.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cEarly reports that he worked for Times circulated because he was wearing a Times press badge that had been issued for an assignment many years ago,\u201d a statement he shared from a New York Times spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>According to his social media pages, Mr Renuad had been documenting the plight of refugees in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He and brother Craig Renaud \u201chave spent the last decade telling humanistic verite stories from the world\u2019s hot spots,\u201d according to their website, with their work spanning HBO, NBC, Discovery, PBS and Vice News.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This includes covering \u201cthe wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the earthquake in Haiti, political turmoil in Egypt and Libya, the fight for Mosul, extremism in Africa, cartel violence in Mexico, and the youth refugee crisis in Central America.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brent Renaud, a United States journalist, was gunned down in Irpin, a frontline northwest suburb of Kyiv, capital of Ukraine, on Sunday. 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