Russian troops kill Brent Renaud, American journalist

Brent Renauda 51-year-old journalist, has been murdered by Russian militias in the Ukrainian region of Irpin, located east of Kiev, as confirmed by the head of the Police of the region, through social networks. “Today, a 51-year-old correspondent for the world famous New York Times was shot dead in Irpen”, share. Finally, the media itself confirmed that he no longer worked for them. As well, Photographs of the murdered journalist’s press identification and passport have been published.

The 51-year-old reporter was accompanied by another journalist who has managed to survive and who has subsequently been transferred to a hospital in the region. “Another journalist was injured. Currently, they are trying to get the victim out of the combat zone,” he explains. For now, the cause of Renaud’s death was the impact of a bullet in his neckaccording to the Canal 24 hours.

Also, in his posted message has criticized the actions of the pro-Russian regime against those people who “try to show the truth”.“The invaders cynically kill even international media journalists who try to show the truth about the atrocities of Russian troops in Ukraine”, he points out.

Brent Renaud worked for ‘The New York Times’

The statement from the police chief of the Irpin region pointed out that the journalist murdered and displaced to Ukraine worked for the emblematic American newspaper ‘The New York Times’. However, the media itself has responded through its Twitter account, where it confirms that the reporter no longer worked for the newspaper, where he was linked until 2015.

According to their social networks, his journalistic facet was related to documentation, where he directed with his brother ‘Renaud Brothers’an audiovisual production company that works with HBO, NBC, Discovery and PBS television, as well as media such as New York Times and ViceNews.