Fox News Cameraman, Pierre Zakrewski, Killed while reporting in Ukraine
March 15, 2022, 6:36 pm

Fox News Cameraman, Pierre Zakrewski, Killed while reporting in Ukraine (File photo: Fox News Facebook page)

The USA Today reported, according to a statement from Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott that Fox News cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski was killed while reporting with correspondent Benjamin Hall in Ukraine yesterday outside of Kyiv.

Zakrzewski and Hall were traveling in a vehicle in Horenka – nearly 20 miles from Ukraine's capital, Kyiv – when they were struck by incoming fire.

Scott said: "Pierre was a war zone photographer who covered nearly every international story for Fox News from Iraq to Afghanistan to Syria during his long tenure with us." He added that "His passion and talent as a journalist were unmatched."

He recently received the "Unsung Hero" award during Fox's annual employee spotlight award ceremony in December.

The statement said that Zakrzewski leaves behind a wife and family.

Russian missiles destroy lyceum school in Zhytomyr, a lovely town not too far from Kyiv (File photo: Euromaidan Press)

On Monday, the network said Hall was injured and hospitalized while covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but had little details about the situation.

Scott said in an earlier statement: "The safety of our entire team of journalists in Ukraine and the surrounding regions is our top priority and of the utmost importance."

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Hall remains hospitalized and the network asked for people to keep both families in their prayers.

The statement said: "Today is a heartbreaking day for Fox News Media and for all journalists risking their lives to deliver the news."

The death of Zakrzewski comes two days after American photojournalist Brent Renaud was killed after Russian forces fired on a car in Irpin, a town 30 miles outside the capital of Kyiv.

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Police said that a second American journalist, Juan Arredondo, was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds.

Source: usatoday

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