[Cyprus Times] French journalist killed in Lugansk. What the local governor says

French journalist killed in Luhansk - What the local governor says He was killed while evacuating civilians

Efforts to evacuate civilians in the Luhansk region of eastern Ukraine were halted today, after an armoured personnel carrier was hit by Russian shrapnel, killing a French journalist, said the governor of Luhansk province, Sherhi Gaidai.

According to the AP, he wrote on Telegram that the shrapnel penetrated the armor of the vehicle, killing the accredited French journalist traveling in it.

Gaidai posted a photo of a journalist accreditation card identifying the journalist.

❗️In the #Lugansk region, #Russian troops fired on an evacuation transport a #French journalist was killed

The fragments of the shell pierced the armor of the car, the journalist who was preparing the material about the evacuation was mortally wounded in the neck. pic.twitter.com/fhg2EOFusI

- NEXTA (@nexta_tv) May 30, 2022

Unconfirmed twitter posts show photos of what are claimed to be photos of the dead man.

A French journalist travelling in a vehicle marked as humanitarian aid was killed in the Donbas region today after the vehicle came under fire by Russian forces. Working to confirm what area this was in. pic.twitter.com/9vU7ELxLyy

- Kyle Glen (@KyleJGlen) May 30, 2022

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