Fox News journalist injured outside Kyiv, network says
A Fox News journalist has been injured outside Kyiv, the network reported on Monday.
In a statement sent to its employees on Monday afternoon, Fox News said that its foreign affairs correspondent, Benjamin Hall, “was injured while newsgathering outside of Kyiv in Ukraine. We have a minimal level of details right now, but Ben is hospitalized and our teams on the ground are working to gather additional information as the situation quickly unfolds.”
The report came after the Facebook page of Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Irina Venediktova, announced on Monday that a British journalist had been seriously wounded in Ukraine and was in “intensive care under the supervision of doctors”.
“This man was not at a military facility, where according to Russian officials, they are constantly targeting. Not being at a military facility, he suffered serious injuries,” the post added.
The information surrounding the case is being brought to Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau where it “will be properly investigated”, according to the prosecutor.
Related: US film-maker Brent Renaud reportedly killed by Russian forces in Ukraine
Accompanying the post is a picture of congressional press accreditation that said “Radio & TV” and “Fox News”. The accreditation features an image of Hall in a suit with the date “3/31/2022” written underneath.
“The safety of our entire team of journalists in Ukraine and the surrounding region is our top priority and of the utmost importance. This is a stark reminder for all journalists who are putting their lives on the line every day to deliver the news from a war zone,” Fox News said.
On Sunday, Ukrainian authorities announced that Brent Renaud, an award-winning American film-maker, was killed by Russian forces in Irpin, a flashpoint town outside Kyiv. An American photographer, Juan Arredondo, was wounded.
The 51-year old film-maker was shot in the neck and died shortly after coming under Russian fire, according to local police officials.
Last week, a Sky News crew was evacuated from Ukraine and back to the UK after the team of five journalists was shot at by a suspected Russian “death squad”. The journalists were attacked while out in a car after they unsuccessfully tried to visit Bucha, a town near Kyiv.
Stuart Ramsay, Sky News’s chief correspondent, was shot in the lower back, and camera operator Richie Mockler was shot twice in his body armour. The group was eventually able to escape from the car and found refuge in a nearby garage where they were later rescued by Ukrainian police.
