Journalist Killed in Russian Strike on Kyiv

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A journalist was killed after a Russian strike targeted Kyiv on April 28, according to her employer Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Footage filmed by the news outlet shows the wreckage of a damaged residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital. Radio Liberty said journalist and producer Vera Girich, who was also a former employee of the Israeli embassy in Ukraine, was found dead the morning after the attack, which struck her home. The outlet described Girich as a “bright and kind person, a true professional.” Multiple explosions were reported in Kyiv during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday. Ukraine said a 25-story residential building was one of the locations targeted. Credit: RFE/RL via Storyful

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