Brent Renaud: Journalist killed in Irpin after coming under fire
Interesting that the headline linked from Twitter implicates “the Russians”, which is different from the actual news site headline and inconsistent with what the chief of police wrote.
The Chief of the Kyiv Region Police later said on Facebook: “The occupants cynical kill even journalists of the international media who try to show the truth about the inaction of Russian troops in Ukraine.”
Reading between the lines of this (Google translated?) statement suggests the “occupants killing” are different from the “inaction of Russian troops.”
Moreover, Brent Renaud‘s friend doesn’t say it was the Russians, but he will likely be forced to say this if he hopes to leave there alive.
I think it’s more likely that the checkpoint tipped off NeoNazi snippers that the press was coming in to document refugees trying to escape, who are routinely robbed and killed by NeoNazis. I have seen two videos on telegram of this occurring at other checkpoints as civilians tried to escape.
https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/19989811.brent-renaud-journalist-killed-irpin-coming-fire/