French Journalist Killed in Russian Shelling in Ukraine, Macron Comments (Photos)

A French journalist was killed when Russian forces struck a vehicle, used for the evacuation of civilians in Luhansk Oblast, a Ukrainian foreign ministry announced on Monday.

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Frédéric Leclerc Imhoff, a French reporter who was covering the evacuation process, was killed near Severodonetsk in Ukraine after the vehicle he was in came under fire, according to a statement posted by Luhansk’s regional governor Serhiy Haidai.

French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted: "On board a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians forced to flee to escape Russian bombs, he was fatally shot."

To those who carry out the difficult mission of informing in theatres of operations, I would like to reiterate France's unconditional support."

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Macron added he shared the "pain of the family, relatives and colleagues" of Mr Leclerc-Imhoff, to whom he sent his condolences.

On his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy affirmed that Russian forces are preventing citizens from evacuating the Kherson region, calling for designating Moscow as a “terrorist state”.

“Such was the target that the Russian Federation chose. Over and over [such actions] will remind the world that Russia must finally be officially recognized as a terrorist state, a state sponsor of terrorism,” Zelenskyy said.