Both expressed their condolences to the family and colleagues of the journalist who worked for BFMTV. France is demanding a speedy and transparent investigation into the circumstances of this deeply shocking drama, the Foreign Minister said.
“The journalist Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of the war,” Macron wrote on Twitter. “He was fatally wounded on board a humanitarian bus, along with civilians who were forced to flee Russian bombs.” Macron pledged France’s unconditional support to reporters from theaters of war.
As BFMTV reported, the 32-year-old reporter was hit by shrapnel. It was his second mission to Ukraine since the war began on February 24. A colleague who accompanied him was slightly injured.