Brent Renaud: Award-winning American film-maker killed in Ukraine - New York Times says
An award-winning American photographer and film-maker has been killed in Ukraine, the New York Times has said.
Brent Renaud was shot dead in Irpin, near Kyiv, on Sunday, Kyiv's police chief Andriy Nebytov said.
Cliff Levy, deputy managing editor at the New York Times said the
newspaper was "deeply saddened" by his death but confirmed he was not on
assignment for the New York Times at the time, although he had
previously worked for it.
The statement said: "We are deeply
saddened to hear of Brent Renaud's death. Brent was a talented
photographer and film maker who had contributed to the New York Times
over the years.
"Though he had contributed to the Times in the
past (most recently in 2015), he was not on assignment for any desk at
the Times in Ukraine.
"Early reports that he worked for the Times circulated because he was
wearing a Times press badge that had been issued for an assignment many
years ago."
