War: US journalist shot dead in Ukraine

A United States journalist was shot dead and another wounded on Sunday in Irpin, a frontline northwest suburb of Kyiv, medics, and witnesses told AFP.

Danylo Shapovalov, a surgeon volunteering for the Ukrainian territorial defence, said one of the Americans died instantly and he had treated the other.

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AFP reporters in Irpin saw the body of the victim.

AFP