- At least five journalists have been killed since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine last month.
- The journalists include Ukrainians and foreign correspondents, including two working for Fox News.
- Other journalists have been injured, detained, or gone missing since the war began.
At least five journalists have been killed while covering the war in Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion on February 24, according to the official tally kept by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
That number could be even higher, with additional reports of at least two other journalists being killed in Ukraine since the war began a month ago. Others journalists have also been injured, gone missing, or been detained.
As journalists get pushed out of places like the besieged city of Mariupol, where no independent journalists remain, over safety concerns, those who have been killed highlight the risks to reporters documenting the war.
Here are their names and stories.
Yevhenii Sakun
—Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) March 2, 2022
Ukrainian journalist Yevhenii Sakun was the first journalist reported to have been killed in the conflict. He was a camera operator for the Ukrainian television station LIVE, which was covering Russia's invasion.
Sergiy Tomilenko, head of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, said Sakun, 49, was killed by Russian shelling that struck a television tower in Kyiv on March 1. The International and European Federations of Journalists called the attack, which also killed four other people, a war crime.
Brent Renaud
American journalist Brent Renaud was killed in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 13. Renaud, a photographer and filmmaker, was in the region working on a project for Time magazine focused on the global refugee crisis, according to the outlet.
"We are devastated by the loss of Brent Renaud. As an award-winning filmmaker and journalist, Brent tackled the toughest stories around the world often alongside his brother Craig Renaud," Time's leadership said in a statement.
Renaud was killed when Russian shelling hit a vehicle he was traveling in, Ukrainian officials said.
The 50-year-old filmmaker had previously won award for his work, including a Peabody and DuPont award. He frequently collaborated with his brother, Craig Renaud, and produced work for HBO, Vice, NPR, and other major news outlets.
Pierre Zakrzewski
—Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) March 15, 2022
Pierre Zakrzewski was a cameraman who was killed alongside Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova while covering the war for Fox News. They died on March 14 when the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by gunfire outside of Kyiv.
Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall was also injured in the attack but has since made it safely out of Ukraine.
Fox CEO Suzanne Scott said the journalists were newsgathering when their "vehicle was struck by incoming fire."
"Today is a heartbreaking day for FOX News Media and for all journalists risking their lives to deliver the news," Scott said.
She added that Zakrzewski was "widely popular" and that "everyone in the media industry who has covered a foreign story knew and respected Pierre."
Zakrzewski, who was 55, was an Irish citizen and experienced journalist who had previously covered wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Other journalists, including Fox News Pentagon reporter Lucas Tomlinson and Fox News anchor John Roberts, posted tributes to him following his death.
Oleksandra Kuvshynova
—Yonat Friling (Frühling) (@Foxyonat) March 15, 2022
Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova was the other Fox News journalist killed alongside Zakrzewski on March 14 when the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by gunfire near Kyiv.
Kuvshynova was a 24-year-old producer working as a consultant for Fox News teams covering the war in Ukraine.
"Her dream was to connect people around the world and tell their stories and she fulfilled that through her journalism," Scott, Fox News CEO, said of Kuvshynova, adding that she was "incredibly talented and spent weeks working directly with our entire team there, operating around the clock to make sure the world knew what was happening in her country."
Other journalists, including Fox News producer Yonat Friling and Fox News Foreign Correspondent Trey Yingst, posted tributes to Kuvshynova online.
Oksana Baulina
Russian journalist Oksana Baulina was killed on March 23 by a Russian airstrike on a shopping center in Kyiv, Ukraine, the independent Russian news site The Insider said in a statement.
Baulina, 42, was reporting on the war for The Insider when she was one of two people killed in the rocket strike.
"The Insider expresses its deepest condolences to Oksana's family and friends," The Insider said in a statement. "We will continue to cover the war in Ukraine, including such Russian war crimes as indiscriminate shelling of residential areas which result in the deaths of civilians and journalists."
Before joining The Insider, Baulina worked for the Anti-Corruption Foundation, founded by Alexei Navalny, a prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Reports of other journalists killed
According to various reports several other journalists have been killed while covering the war in Ukraine, though the Committee to Protect Journalists told Insider it had thus far only confirmed the deaths of the five listed above.
BBC News reported that at least seven journalists have been killed since the war began.
Ukrainian journalist Shakirov Dilerbek Shukurovych was killed on February 26, according to the outlet, which cited the Press Emblem Campaign.
Another Ukrainian journalist, Viktor Dedov, was killed on March 11 by shelling in Mariupol, Ukrainian outlets reported, citing a post on his wife's Facebook page. Dedov was a cameraman for Sigma TV in Ukraine.