The Kremlin on Wednesday mourned the death of France Presse (AFP) journalist Arman Soldin on Tuesday and asked for clarification on the circumstances of the incident.
“We need to understand the circumstances of the death of this journalist,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
A Russian spokesman said Ukraine’s allegations that Russians were responsible for the attack that killed an AFP reporter should not be taken for granted.
“We can only mourn the death of the AFP video coordinator in Ukraine,” Peskov added.
Soldin died on Tuesday afternoon as a result of a Grad missile attack in eastern Ukraine, journalists from the news agency who accompanied him said.
The attack took place around 4:30 pm local time (2:30 pm Lisbon) in the area of Chasov Yar, a Ukrainian town near Bakhmut, the main battlefield between Russian and Ukrainian forces since last year.
32-year-old Arman Soldin was accompanied by four colleagues who came out unharmed, and the Ukrainian military when they were hit by a volley of “rockets”.
Journalists regularly travel to the area to cover the fighting in the region, which has been the center of fighting in Ukraine for several months.
An experienced photojournalist formerly based in London, Arman Soldin has been the video coordinator in Ukraine since September 2022 and has been on the front lines very regularly.
He was also part of the AFP team that covered the early days of the Russian invasion that began on February 24, 2022.
Recruited in Rome in 2015 as an intern before joining the London delegation the same year, Armand, a French citizen and Bosnian by origin, was born in Sarajevo.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday mourned the death of an AFP journalist in Ukraine.
“Courageously, from the first hours of the conflict, he was at the front to investigate the facts. to let us know. We share the pain of his loved ones and all his colleagues,” the head of the French state stressed in his message. published on the social network Twitter.
He is at least the 11th reporter, interpreter or driver of journalists killed in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, according to reports by specialized non-governmental organizations (NGOs) Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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