Arman Soldin, 32, was killed in shelling near Bakhmut, eastern Ukraine. He was with four AFP colleagues who were unharmed.
AFP CEO Fabrice Fries: "The agency as a whole is collapsed" He is at least the 11th reporter, fixer or driver of journalists to have been killed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began on February 24, 2022, according to specialized NGOs RSF and CPJ. He is the son of a French and Bosnian national, born in Sarajevo.