Fifth journalist killed covering Russia-Ukraine war

Five journalists have been killed and several have gone missing or been detained since Russia launched a full-scale assault on Ukraine in February. On March 23, Russian journalist Oksana Baulina was killed during a Russian attack on Kyiv. On March 14, an attack on a vehicle carrying a team with the U.S. broadcaster Fox News killed French-Irish cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra Kuvshynova.

On March 13, U.S. documentary-maker Brent Renaud was shot and killed at a checkpoint in Irpin. Ukrainian camera operator Yevhenii Sakun died when Russian military forces shelled a television tower in Kyiv on March 1. (Photo shows Russian journalist Oksana Baulina, who was recently killed during Russian shelling in Kyiv. Credit: Timur Olevskiy)