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29.04.2022 - 14:47 / variety.com
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentU.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty revealed on Friday that its journalist and news programming producer Vera Gyrych has been killed in a Russian air strike on Kyiv.“Radio Liberty journalist and producer Vera Gyrych died as a result of a Russian missile hitting the house where she lived in Kyiv. The shelling took place on 28 April,” reads a statement issued by the org, a private non-profit alternative news source funded by the U.S.
Agency for Global Media.“The body of the deceased was found under the wreckage on the morning of 29 April,” it added.The Russian missile attack coincided with U.N. chief Antonio Guterres’ visit to Kyiv on Thursday.
The official met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy — describing the war in Ukraine as “evil” and “absurdity” — as attacks on Kyiv landed close by. During Guterres’ visit to the nearby town of Bucha, where hundreds of dead civilians were discovered after Russian troops pulled out, Guterres called on Russia to cooperate with the International Criminal Court (ICC) on investigations into possible war crimes carried out during its invasion.News of Gyrych’s death has reverberated across social media.8th Journalist to be killed in Ukraine since 24th of February.Vera Gyrych, journalist for Radio Liberty.She was killed yesterday due to the missile attack in Kyiv. It’s a necessity to support journalists safety.Yet when it’s your home..
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statement from the broadcaster.Vira Hyrych’s body was found in the rubble early Thursday. The building had been hit by shelling the night before, and Hyrych’s body was found by rescue workers the next day.“We are deeply saddened by the death of our Ukrainian Service staffer Vira Hyrych in Kyiv overnight.
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