An investigation was opened Wednesday for war crimes after the death Tuesday in Ukraine of AFP journalist Arman Soldin. Soldin was killed Tuesday at the age of 32 by a salvo of Grad rockets near Bakhmut, epicenter of fighting for months and targeted daily by Russian forces.
This investigation, entrusted to the gendarmes of the Central Office for the Fight against Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH), will aim to determine the circumstances of the death of this French journalist.