Antoni Lallican, a seasoned, Paris-based photojournalist, was killed by a drone in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region on Friday morning while on assignment, said the European and International Federations of Journalists and the French National Journalists' Union.
Ukrainian journalist Heorgiy Ivanchenko was reported wounded in the same attack. Both were said to have been wearing protective vests marked "Press".
It was the first time a journalist has been killed by a drone in Ukraine, said a statement by the European Federation of Journalists.
The circumstances surrounding the incident, which occurred on Friday morning at 9.20 local time, remain under investigation.
(FRANCE with AFP)
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