Journalists now banned from Irpin, Ukraine after Russia attacked US reporters
Brent Renaud, a reporter who had previously worked with the New York Times, was killed when Russian troops opened fire on a vehicle carrying foreign journalists who had been trying to film refugees.
“From today, we ban journalists from entering Irpin,” Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn said in a Telegram post. “In this way, we want to save lives for them and our defenders.”Markushyn also noted the seriousness of the situation now in Irpin, asking that all information be shared with care so as to avoid critical intelligence falling into Russian hands.
“I very much ask all media representatives, as well as Ukrainians, do not post photos of our servicemen, their equipment or anything that would indicated their location,” Markushyn added. “This is very important.” ⚡ It is prohibited for journalists to enter Irpin for security reasons, - says the Mayor of Irpin Oleksandr Markushyn. pic.twitter.com/JHfypWS0mTU.S. photojournalist Juan Arredondo was also injured in the attack in Irprin, Ukraine, Sunday. A video was shared on social media showing him being tended to at a Kyiv hospital.
"We got in to a car, somebody offered to take us to the other bridge and we crossed a checkpoint and they start shooting at us," Arredondo said."So, the driver turned around and they kept shooting. There was two of us, my friend Brent Renaud. And, he's been shot and left behind."Arrendondo said Renaud was shot in the neck, but he did not know at the time that Renaud had died.
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