PARIS -
The French information broadcaster BFM TV mentioned a 32-year-old French journalist was killed Monday in japanese Ukraine, fatally hit by shell shrapnel whereas protecting a Ukrainian evacuation operation.
BFM TV mentioned its journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff was killed as he was "protecting a humanitarian operation in an armored car" close to Sievierodonetsk, a key metropolis within the Donbas area that's being hotly contested by Russian and Ukrainian forces. He had labored for six years for the French tv channel.
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French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Leclerc-Imhoff on Twitter.
He "was in Ukraine to point out the fact of the struggle. Aboard a humanitarian bus, alongside civilians compelled to flee to flee Russian bombs, he was fatally shot," Macron tweeted.
Macron expressed condolences to his household, family and colleagues and spoke of "France's unconditional assist" to "those that perform the troublesome mission of informing in theaters of operations."
French Overseas Minister Catherine Colonna known as the journalist's loss of life "deeply surprising."
"France calls for that a clear inquiry be launched as quickly as attainable to shed full mild on the circumstances of this tragedy," she added.
Earlier Monday, the governor of the Luhansk area, Serhiy Haidai, introduced Leclerc-Imhoff's loss of life in a Telegram publish, saying that Russian forces fired on an armored car that was touring to choose up individuals for evacuation.
"Shrapnel from the shells pierced the car's armor, fatally wounding an accredited French journalist within the neck who was reporting on the evacuation. The patrol officer was saved by his helmet," he wrote.
On account of the assault, the evacuation was known as off, Haidai mentioned.
He posted a picture of Leclerc-Imhoff's Ukrainian press accreditation, and pictures of what he mentioned was the aftermath of the assault.
Ukrainian Inside Ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko mentioned one other French journalist was wounded together with a Ukrainian lady who was accompanying them.
He mentioned Leclerc-Imhoff's physique was evacuated to the close by Ukrainian-held metropolis of Bakhmut, from the place it will likely be taken to the central metropolis of Dnipro for an post-mortem.
He mentioned the patrol officer accompanying the car was hit by shrapnel within the head and brought to a navy hospital.
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