A former New York Times reporter who was covering

<Anchor> in Ukraine was shot dead by Russian troops.

Two of his colleagues were also injured.

Russian forces have expanded their attacks to the west of Lviv, close to the Polish border, and again kidnapped a Ukrainian market.



Correspondent Han Se-hyeon.



<Reporter> A



former New York Times video reporter who was covering in Irfin on the outskirts of Kiiu, the capital of Ukraine, was killed in a Russian gunfire.



The victim, Brent Renault, a 51-year-old American, was shot in the neck while traveling in a vehicle.



Another American journalist and a local driver were also seriously injured in the same vehicle.



[Juan/Russian attack wounded: I saw a Renault reporter shot in the neck, and then we fell.

Someone dragged me out...

(Who brought you here to the hospital?) It's an ambulance, I don't know.

]



There was also an attack on mercenaries from Ukraine who came from abroad.



The Russian military said it had killed 180 mercenaries in an airstrike on a military training center and training center in Lviv, western Ukraine.



Just 25 kilometers from the Polish border, the Ukrainian military said 35 people were killed and 134 wounded at the base in Yavoriu.



[Igor Konashenkov/Russian Defense Ministry Spokesperson: This airstrike killed 180 mercenaries and destroyed a large number of foreign weapons.

Russian attacks on foreign mercenaries will continue.]



There was also a second mayor hijacking, following the mayor of Melitofolsi.



Ukraine's foreign minister said yesterday (13th) at 8:30 a.m. local time that the mayor of Dnipro Rudnesi was kidnapped by Russian forces.



The Russian military is expanding its bombing range in all directions to western and southwestern Ukraine.



(Screen source: Twitter Paul Ronzheimer)