Ukrainian photographer and Reuters contributor, Maksim Levin, killed covering war


FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian photographer Maksim Levin carries a cat near the line of separation from Russian-backed separatists in Donetsk region, Ukraine January 25, 2022. REUTERS/Stanislav Kozliuk

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) - Maksim Levin, a photographer and videographer who was working for a Ukrainian news website and was a long-time contributor to Reuters, was killed while covering Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He leaves behind his wife and four children.

His body was found in a village north of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on April 1, the news website LB.ua where he worked said on Saturday.

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