Reuters contributor Maksim Levin killed during coverage of Ukraine war

Maksim Levin holds a cat was a documentary movie maker who had contributed to Reuters' protection of Ukraine since 2013.
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LVIV, Ukraine, April 2 — Maksim Levin, a photographer and videographer who was working for a Ukrainian information web site and was a long-time contributor to Reuters, was killed whereas overlaying Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. He leaves behind his spouse and 4 kids.

His physique was present in a village north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on April 1, the information web site LB.ua the place he labored mentioned on Saturday.

Levin, born in 1981, was a documentary movie maker who had contributed to Reuters’ protection of the nation since 2013.

He had been working within the village of Huta Mezhyhirska. There had been heavy shelling in that space.

The prosecutor common’s workplace in Ukraine mentioned Levin was “killed by servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces with two pictures from small arms”. This might not be independently verified.

Maksim Levin carries a cat close to the road of separation from Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk on January 25, 2022.

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A automotive burns throughout clashes between anti-government protesters and Inside Ministry members in Kyiv, Ukraine February 18, 2014 on this photograph by slain journalist Maksim Levin.

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One other Maksim Levin picture reveals riot law enforcement officials and a lady take cowl behind shields throughout clashes between anti-government protesters with police in Kyiv, Ukraine February 18, 2014.

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John Pullman, Reuters’ international managing editor for visuals, mentioned: “We're deeply saddened to listen to of the dying of Maksim Levin, a long-time contributor to Reuters, in Ukraine.”

“Maks has supplied compelling pictures and video from Ukraine to Reuters since 2013. His dying is a large loss to the world of journalism. Our ideas are along with his household at this troublesome time.”