An American journalist was shot dead and another was wounded this Sunday in Irpin, a town northwest of Kiev where Ukrainian forces are fighting the Russian military, sources close to him told AFP.

'The New York Times' has confirmed the death of his former collaborator

Brent Renaud

.

The newspaper has published a statement on its Twitter account in which they say they are dismayed by the death of Renaud, "a talented cameraman who has collaborated for several years with 'The New York Times'".

As he specifies,

his last job for this newspaper was in 2015

and his presence now in Ukraine was not for them.

Yes,

she was wearing a press badge

with the name of the American newspaper, "but it was

from years ago

."

According to what the doctor Danylo Shapovalov told AFP, the two men were hit by bullets while driving with a Ukrainian civilian, who was also injured.

An AFP journalist saw the victim's body.

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