Brent Renaud: 5 Things About The American Journalist, 51, Killed In Ukraine Amid War
hollywoodlife.comAn American journalist was killed by Russian troops in Ukraine on Sunday (March 13), according to Ukranian police. Brent Renaud, a 51-year-old award-winning writer and filmmaker, was fatally shot when Russian forces opened fire on a car near the Romanivsky Bridge in the town of Irpin, near the capital of Kyiv, per a Facebook post by the head of Kyiv’s regional police unit, Andriy Nebytov. Another reporter was also wounded in the attack and hospitalized, Nebytov wrote.
Learn more about the slain journalist, below. 1. Renaud worked for The New York Times “We are deeply saddened to hear of Brent Renaud’s death.
Brent was a talented filmmaker who had contributed to The New York Times over the years,” a New York Times spokesperson said in a statement.
The spokesperson went on to say Renaud had most recently worked for the outlet in 2015, but he “was not on assignment for any desk at The Times in Ukraine” at the time of his death.
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