The Russians killed a French journalist and wounded the Kyiv Independent reporter

The journalist and photographer of the Kyiv Independent, a member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers Georgy Ivanchenko worked with him on the spot. The soldiers noted that the Russians "cynically violated the rules of international humanitarian law" by attacking journalists. "This fact reaffirms the insidiousness and cruelty of the enemy army," the message reads.

The head of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine Serhiy Tomilenko confirmed that Lallican was killed and Ivanchenko was injured in the morning on October 3 near Druzhkivka in Donetsk region. Sergey Tomilenko added that this is the third dead French journalist in Ukraine. "Today, in Ukraine, the main threat to journalists, as well as all civilians, is Russian drones who hunt people. These are not accidental victims of war.

By attacking journalists, the Russian army is purposefully persecuted by those who are trying to document war crimes," Tomilenko said. "Antony is a Paris photojournalist who covered social and social topics in conflict areas around the world. In March 2022, immediately after a full -scale invasion of Russia, he came to Ukraine.

Since then, he has documented the consequences of war and began his long -term work with the residents of Donetsk region," The European Federation's statement states that this is the first case of a journalist's death through the use of a drone in Ukraine. The works of Lalkana were published in several media, including the French newspapers Le Monde, Le Figaro and Libération, as well as German editions Der Spiegel, Zeit and Die Welt.

In January, he became a laureate of Victor Hugo Prize in 2024 for his report "Suddenly the sky darkened" about the war in Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his condolences to his family and close to Antoni Lalkan in the post on platform X. "A French photojournalist accompanied the Ukrainian army at the Front of Resistance. I learned about his death with deep sadness, he was a victim of Russian unpopulant.