'Soldin was killed when a rocket struck close to where he was lying'
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00:00 killed on the front line by Russian rocket fire.
00:03 Armen Solzhenitsyn was reporting from Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine, just a few kilometres
00:08 from Bakhmut, where fighting has been ongoing for several months.
00:13 The AFP news agency announced his death on Tuesday.
00:16 Solzhenitsyn was killed when a rocket struck close to where he was lying.
00:20 His four colleagues who were alongside him all escaped unharmed.
00:24 And from Paris to Washington, messages of condolences have been sent out to his family.
00:29 With courage, Armen Solzhenitsyn was on the front line from the early hours of the conflict.
00:33 He was there to inform us.
00:35 We share the pain with his family and colleagues.
00:38 White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said the world is indebted to the journalist,
00:43 while also noting that 10 other people linked to media coverage of the war have been killed
00:47 since the start of the Russian invasion.
00:50 This according to Reporters Without Borders.
00:54 Solzhenitsyn had made regular trips to Ukraine since the war broke out, sharing his experiences
00:58 on the front line.
01:01 This video shows him being caught under gunfire while he was accompanying trench diggers at
01:06 the start of this month.
01:10 A moment he described as one of the longest in his life.
01:17 Sarajevo-born Solzhenitsyn had been living in Ukraine since September.
01:21 AFP chairman Fabris Fries says the whole agency is devastated by his loss.