Ukraine Soldier, Journalist ‘Coldly’ Executed

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The press freedom group Reporters Without Borders says it believes that a Ukrainian photojournalist and a soldier who was accompanying him were “coldly executed” in Russian-occupied woodlands in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion. The bodies of Maks Levin and serviceman Oleksiy Chernyshov were found April 1 in woods north of the capital, Kyiv. Reporters Without Borders said it went back to the wooded spot to investigate the circumstances of their deaths. It said it found 14 bullet holes in the burned hulk of their car. Disused Russian positions, one of them still booby-trapped, were also found close by. The group released its findings in a report Wednesday and said it has turned over evidence to Ukrainian investigators.