Photographer Maksim Levin is 6th journalist killed in Ukraine since the war began. See some of his work.

Ukrainian photojournalist and videographer Maksim Levin was discovered lifeless close to Kyiv greater than two weeks after he was final seen, the Ukrainian authorities mentioned. The Reuters information company, the place he had lengthy been a contributor, mentioned Levin was killed masking the struggle for a Ukrainian information website.

That information website, LB.ua, mentioned Levin's physique was discovered April 1 and that a colleague who was with him remains to be lacking. Levin, 41, left behind a spouse and 4 kids.

"Maks has supplied compelling photographs and video from Ukraine to Reuters since 2013. His dying is a large loss to the world of journalism. Our ideas are together with his household at this tough time," John Pullman, Reuters' international managing editor for visuals, mentioned.

Ukrainian photographer Maksim Levin in Luhansk area, japanese Ukraine, January 6, 2022.

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Levin is the sixth journalist recognized to have died masking the Russian invasion, in line with the Committee to Shield Journalists. American filmmaker Brent Renaud was killed in mid-March, and days later a cameraman and an area producer working for Fox Information have been killed in an assault that significantly injured correspondent Benjamin Corridor.

"We're deeply saddened by the information of photojournalist Maks Levin's dying in Ukraine whereas he was reporting on the struggle within the Kyiv area," CPJ Program Director Carlos Martinez de la Serna mentioned in an announcement. "Ukrainian and Russian authorities should do all the pieces of their energy to analyze his dying, be sure that these accountable are held accountable, and assure the security of journalists masking the struggle from the bottom."

Here's a have a look at a few of the pictures Levin took documenting the struggle in his nation within the ultimate weeks of his life.