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Arman Soldin, journalist for Agence France-Presse, died near Bakhmout, Ukraine, on Tuesday May 9. Many tributes have been paid to him. Ten other journalists have died there since the start of the conflict.
A silhouette, camera in hand, a carefree gaze in front of the lens. Arman Soldin filmed the war for Agence France-Presse (AFP). He died near Bakhmout (Ukraine), Tuesday, May 9, killed by a salvo of Russian rockets. The journalist had filmed the siege of the city, recounted the Ukrainian war wounded, but also the fate of civilians. “He was a person who knew how to make people laugh, reassure, tell stories like no one“, specifies Robin Panfili.
11 journalists dead in Ukraine since the start of the conflict
He also passed in front of the camera for the Daily show, on TMC. Born in Sarajevo, he left Bosnia at war as a child with his mother. His colleagues in the editorial staff of AFP are in shock. Paris, kyiv and Washington hailed his memory, like that of the ten other journalists who died in Ukraine.
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