Fox News cameraman, 2nd journalist killed
A Fox News cameraman and a Ukrainian journalist traveling with him were killed Monday in Ukraine when their vehicle came under fire outside Kyiv, according to the network and Ukrainian authorities.
The cameraman, Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, and the Ukrainian journalist, Oleksandra Kuvshynova, were traveling in the same vehicle as Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall, who was also injured in the attack in the town of Horenka.
Hall remains hospitalized in Ukraine; Fox News has not shared additional details about his condition.
Zakrzewski was a veteran journalist at Fox News, who had reported from many war zones. He had been reporting from Ukraine since February.
Kuvshynova was a local journalist working with the Fox News reporting team. Her death was confirmed by the Ukrainian interior ministry.
Suzanne Scott, CEO of Fox News Media, wrote in a memo to the network’s staff that it was “a heartbreaking day.”
“Pierre was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for Fox News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during his long tenure with us,” Scott wrote.
“His talents were vast and there wasn’t a role that he didn’t jump in to help with in the field — from photographer to engineer to editor to producer — and he did it all under immense pressure with tremendous skill. He was profoundly committed to telling the story and his bravery, professionalism and work ethic were renowned among journalists at every media outlet.”
On Sunday, American filmmaker and journalist Brent Renaud, 50, was shot and killed while reporting in a suburb of Kyiv.