War photojournalist Maks Levin was found dead near Kyiv: 41 years old and 4 children, he disappeared in Ukraine two weeks ago while filming the horrors of the conflict with Russia. “Every Ukrainian photographer dreams of taking a picture that ends the war,” he said.
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The war photojournalist was found dead Maks Levin: 41 years old and 4 children, he was missing Ukraine two weeks ago while filming the horrors of the conflict with Russia. This was reported by the Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Yermak on Telegram. The body was found near the village Huta Mezhyirska, near Kyiv. “According to preliminary information, he was murdered by soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces,” the Media Institute of Ukraine said, citing the Prosecutor General.
“Photojournalist Maks Levin, missing since March 13, was found dead in the Kyiv region, according to his colleagues. He documented the Russian occupation in the village of Huta Mezhyhirska. Levin was one of the best Ukrainian photojournalists he had four children. Rest in peace,” the Ukrainian journalist confirmed in a tweet Olga Tokaryuk.
Levin has worked with national and international newspapers including Reuters, Bbc and Ap. He is survived by his wife, photojournalist Inna Varenitsa, e four children, all minors. No word yet from the colleague who accompanied him in the March 13 report, Oleksiy Chernyshov, military man and former photographer with whom he had arrived in Huta Mezhyhirska to document the aftermath of Russian aggression. The two had left the car they were traveling in and headed towards the village Moshchun, an area then engaged in intense fighting. However, at this point the communication was broken. “This is what every Ukrainian photographer dreams of Take a picture that will end the war“, he said in one of his last statements.
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In his latest Facebook post, he shared a photo of Ukrainian soldiers near the destroyed WWII bunker, not far from there Demydiv, Kyiv region. It was March 11, two days before his performance.
