A video journalist from the US has reportedly been shot dead in Irpin, outside Kyiv, according to Kyiv police official Andriy Nebytov, Report informs via DW.
He shared images of the journalist's body, as well as his press ID and US passport.
The press ID showed the reporter as an employee of the New York Times, but the prestigious US daily said that the man was not working for them at the moment of his death.
The journalist is a Peabody and DuPont Award winning filmmaker, best known for producing humanitarian stories from conflict zones.
He had worked as a journalist for over two decades.
An unverified video appeared to show his journalist colleague being treated in a hospital with wounds. He described being shot at while in a car.