US journalist shot dead in Ukraine: Report

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

Inna Sovsun, Member of Ukraine’s Parliament, claimed that the journalist, Brent Renaud, was killed by the Russian forces.

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

AFP reporters in Irpin saw the body of the victim.