The United States will work with the Ukrainians to investigate the death of an American journalist near Kiev, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday.
“We'll be consulting with the Ukrainians to determine how this happened and then to measure and execute appropriate consequences as a result of it,” he said in an interview to CBS News.
He went on to claim that the death of Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old contributor of the New York Times daily, was “part and parcel” of the Russian military operation in Ukraine and promised that Washington would be “responding accordingly.”
“We'll be consulting with the Ukrainians to determine how this happened and then to measure and execute appropriate consequences as a result of it,” he said in an interview to CBS News.
He went on to claim that the death of Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old contributor of the New York Times daily, was “part and parcel” of the Russian military operation in Ukraine and promised that Washington would be “responding accordingly.”
After the reports of the killing emerged on Sunday, deputy managing editor of The New York Times Cliff Levy stated that Renaud was a talented photographer and filmmaker, but stressed that he was not on assignment for the newspaper in Ukraine.
Unconfirmed photos of a NYT press card and the body of a man were previously published on social media.
The situation in Ukraine remains tense, with Russian forces and Donbass militia repelling Kiev's troops amid a special security operation there. The op was launched by Moscow on 24 February, with President Vladimir Putin stressing that it is meant to protect the people of Donbass, suffering from an eight-year-long war waged against them by Kiev. He stressed that the aim of the operation is the denazification and demilitarisation of Ukraine.
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