Paris calls for investigation into French journalist killed in Ukraine

France is looking for an investigation into the loss of life of a French journalist who was killed whereas reporting in war-torn Ukraine. 

“France demands that a probe be carried out as soon as possible and in transparency on the circumstances of this drama,” Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna stated in a press release.

Colonna, who was in Ukraine Monday, stated she had spoken with the Governor of Luhansky and requested Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for an investigation. 

BFM TV reporter Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, 32, was fatally hit by shell shrapnel whereas overlaying a Ukrainian evacuation operation, in response to the French news broadcaster he labored for.

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BFM TV stated Leclerc-Imhoff was killed as he was “covering a humanitarian operation in an armored vehicle” close to Sievierodonetsk, a key metropolis in the Donbas area that’s being hotly contested by Russian and Ukrainian forces. He had labored for six years for the French tv channel.

The governor of Ukraine’s Luhansk area, Serhiy Haidai, stated the evacuation effort was suspended after the strike. 

According Zelenskyy, Leclerc-Imhoff was the thirty second media particular person killed because the begin of Russia’s invasion on February 24. 

In his nightly video tackle, Zelenskyy supplied his “sincere apologies to Frédéric’s colleagues and family.” 

French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted that Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to “show the reality of war.” 

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“I share the pain of the family, relatives and colleagues of Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff, to whom I send my condolences,” Macron stated. “To those who carry out this difficult mission of informing in theaters of operations, I would like to reiterate France’s unconditional support.” 

The Associated Press contributed to this report.