American journalist shot and killed by Russian troops

Renaud, 50, was riding in a car with two other journalists when their vehicle came under fire. According to Juan Arredondo, another journalist injured by the gunfire, “We were across one of the first bridges in Irpin, going to film other refugees leaving, and we got into a car. Somebody offered to take us to the other bridge and we crossed a checkpoint, and they start shooting at us. So the driver turned around, and they kept shooting.”

The State Department confirmed the details of the Renaud’s death on Sunday. According to a spokesperson, the Department offered their “sincerest condolences” and “all possible consular assistance” to the journalist’s family.

The American journalist and filmmaker had previously reported from hostile areas including Afghanistan, Iraq, and Haiti. In 2014, Renaud was awarded a Peabody Award for his series titled, Last Chance High.

The press pass Renaud was wearing at the time of his death was issued by The New York Times several years ago. Renaud was not on assignment for anyone at The Times at the time of his death.

Jake Sullivan, national security advisor for the White House, told Face the Nation that the United States and N.A.T.O. would be imposing “appropriate consequences” on Russia following Renaud’s death which he called “shocking and horrifying”.

Sullivan also commented, “I will just say that this is part and parcel of what has been a brazen aggression on the part of the Russians where they have targeted civilians, they have targeted hospitals, they have targeted places of worship and they have targeted journalists”.

Kyiv chief of police posted about Renaud’s death on Facebook, stating that the journalist “paid [with] his life for trying to highlight the aggressor’s ingenuity, cruelty and ruthlessness”.