WorldEuropeFrench AFP journalist killed in rocket attack near Bakhmut

French AFP journalist killed in rocket attack near Bakhmut

Type of event:
Terrorist/rebel/criminal assault
Threat LensTechnologyWorldEurope
By Francesco Guadagno

Victims

1

Wounded

Date

May 10, 2023

What happened

Arman Soldin, the 32-year-old video coordinator for the French international news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP), was killed in a missile attack near the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. The shelling occurred near Chasiv Yar, close to Bakhmut, an area frequently targeted by Russian forces. While with a group of Ukrainian soldiers, he and four other journalists from the agency were targeted by rocket fire. Fortunately, his four colleagues were unharmed.

Where it happened

Main sources

https://www.politico.eu/article/french-journalist-arman-soldin-killed-bakhmut-ukraine-russian-rocket-attack/

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