US journalist Brent Renaud 'killed in Ukraine'

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An American journalist has been shot dead by Russian forces in Ukraine, according to reports. 
Brent Renaud, a video journalist, was in a car with other foreign members of the press when troops opened fire on the vehicle, the head of the Kyiv Police Department said. 
 Head of Kyiv Police department, Andriy Nebytov said ,”A 51-year-old world-renowned media correspondent was shot in Irpen today,”
“Another journalist is injured. Now they are trying to remove the victim from the war zone. Of course, the profession of a journalist is a risk, but US citizen Brent Renaud paid his life for trying to highlight the aggressor’s ingenuity, cruelty and ruthlessness”, he added.
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for more than two weeks now. As the Russian forces are nearing the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, by each day, people are fleeing the country leading to a refugee crisis that is affecting Ukraine's neighbouring countries. Till now, the conflict has led to the displacement of nearly 2.2 million people.