AFP Video Journalist Arman Soldin Killed in Russian Rocket Strike on Ukraine Front Lines

Arman Soldin, AFP's Ukraine video coordinator, was killed by rocket fire near Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine while covering the conflict. Soldin, who had been living in Ukraine since September, was part of the first AFP team to be sent to Ukraine following the start of Russia's invasion in February 2022. His death brings the number of journalists or fixers and drivers for media teams killed covering the war in Ukraine to at least 11.