On the other hand, Ukrainian journalist Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshinova’s death, who was also working with Fox News at that time, was announced by Adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister Anton Gerashchenko, who blamed Russian shelling for her death. She was remembered and commemorated by Fox Senior Field Producer Yonat Friling as a brave woman who was a lover of music, and that she was a funny and kind person.
“She worked with our team for the past month and did a brilliant job. May her memory be a blessing,” she added.
In yesterday's attack near Kyiv, we have lost a beautiful brave woman – Oleksandra Kuvshinova – Sasha. She loved music and she was funny and kind. she was 24 years old. She worked with our team for the past month and did a brilliant job.
May her memory be a blessing pic.twitter.com/QGzqV3Fy5D— Yonat Friling (Frühling) (@FrilingYonat) March 15, 2022
In response to the deaths, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said they were already in contact with Fox News and would offer any support the U.S. government could offer.
“We have been in close touch with Fox News, we have been in touch with the highest executives at Fox News, we have been in touch with the bureau here in D.C. to offer any and all support we can,” he said.
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense stated that “The truth is the target” in light of recent developments wherein other journalists were also killed in the line of fire. It can be remembered that award-winning American filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed last Sunday in a violent ambush by the Russians. Journalist Juan Arredondo was also injured in the attack.
PBS NewsHour correspondent Jane Ferguson reported that Renaud’s body was left roadside near Irpin, Ukraine, where he was placed under a blanket. An outraged Ukrainian police offer told her to “Tell America, tell the world, what they did to a journalist.”
#BrentRenaud was killed while filming civilians escaping a Russian military onslaught on their small town near #Kiev. The #Russian military has not spared civilians or journalists throughout this war, something Renaud himself came here to make the world all the more aware of. pic.twitter.com/AjZp4vun3e
— Jane Ferguson (@JaneFerguson5) March 13, 2022
Ferguson also memorialized Pierre Zakrzewski and Oleksandra Kuvshynova through a series of tweets describing the killings as “appalling” as five journalists had died in just 20 days of fighting. According to her, the death toll includes three Ukrainian journalists, one American and one Irish.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has yet to comment on the recent death; however, he had previously sent his condolences to the family of Brent Renaud and subsequently thanked him for his bravery, determination, and courage.
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