American journalist shot in Ukraine 'paid his life' for covering war, Kyiv police chief says

An American journalist was shot while covering the conflict.

The police chief wrote on Facebook that a 51-year-old world- renowned media correspondent was shot in Irpen. They are trying to get the victim out of the war zone.

The journalist was identified by a social media post. The post shared images of a passport and a press pass.

The profession of a journalist is a risk, but US citizen Brent Renaud paid the ultimate price for trying to highlight the aggressiveness of the enemy, Nebytov said.

The war between Russia and Ukraine has hit Irpen hard.

Irpen and its surroundings villages are seeing an absolute humanitarian disaster. The former mayor of the city said that the Russian soldiers wouldn't let residents leave their homes. The former mayor said Russians shot at homes and hospitals.

The photo of the New York Times press ID and passport was included in Nebytov's post.

The deputy managing editor of The New York Times said on Sunday that he was not on duty for the newspaper while he was in Ukraine.

The Times is sad to hear of the death of an American journalist in Ukraine, but he was not on assignment.

A statement from The Times said that he was wearing a Times press badge that had been issued many years ago.

According to his IMDB biography, Renaud has won numerous awards for his work. He has been making films for two decades. He produced films with his brother.

According to a short filmaker bio from the Tribeca Film Festival, Renaud was born in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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