Arman Soldin, 32, was with a group of AFP journalists travelling with Ukrainian troopers when the group got here underneath fireplace with Grad rockets, the company stated. The remainder of the AFP group was unhurt.

The late afternoon assault occurred within the neighborhood of Chasiv Yar, a city close to Bakhmut, the company stated. Russian forces have been making an attempt to seize town for 9 months, making Bakhmut the main focus of the warfare’s longest battle.

“His death is a terrible reminder of the risks and dangers faced by journalists every day covering the conflict in Ukraine,” stated AFP chairman Fabrice Fries.

Soldin was born in Sarajevo, now the capital of Bosnia, and a French citizen, based on AFP. He arrived in Ukraine to cowl the warfare the day after the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022, and had traveled recurrently to the entrance strains in current months.

AFP stated it was “devastated” at Soldin’s dying and “all of our thoughts go out to his family and loved ones.” In May 2022, French journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, who was working in Ukraine for BFM-TV, was killed close to Severodonetsk within the east.

At least 10 media staff have been killed whereas masking the warfare in Ukraine, based on Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists.

RSF Director Christophe Deloire praised the day by day braveness of these masking the warfare and known as Soldin’s dying “a tragedy of all those who defend the independence and reliability of information.”