A Ukrainian photojournalist who went missing near Kyiv is found dead.

A Ukrainian photojournalist who went lacking over two weeks in the past whereas documenting the Russian invasion of Ukraine close to the capital, Kyiv, has been discovered lifeless, in accordance with the workplace of Ukraine’s prosecutor common.

The photojournalist, Maks Levin, 40, was a distinguished freelancer who had spent years protecting the battle in Ukraine. There had been fears for his security after he and a colleague went lacking in mid-March whereas reporting close to the entrance line of Russian combating within the Vyshhorod space.

His physique was present in a village within the Vyshhorod district north of Kyiv on Friday, in accordance with the Institute of Mass Info, a Ukrainian civil society group centered on press freedom. He’s survived by his spouse, 4 sons and his dad and mom.

The prosecutor’s workplace mentioned in a press release that primarily based on preliminary data, Mr. Levin was shot by Russian armed forces with “small arms hearth,” and {that a} felony investigation into his demise was underway.

The colleague Mr. Levin had been touring with, Oleksiy Chernyshov, has not been discovered, in accordance with the Institute of Mass Info.

Days earlier than his disappearance, Mr. Levin had posted a collection of harrowing pictures on his Fb web page exhibiting the mass evacuation of residents, a lot of them draped in white fabric to sign their civilian standing.

“It’s like a horror film,” he wrote in a message accompanying the submit.

As information of his demise circulated on Saturday, there was an outpouring of grief from fellow journalists who had labored alongside Mr. Levin. Many had spent the final two weeks interesting for information of his whereabouts.

In keeping with the LB.ua, a Ukrainian information outlet the place Mr. Levin labored for greater than a decade, he was born in 1981 within the Kyiv area. He had extensively documented the battle in Ukraine starting in 2014, along with his work revealed in a number of Ukrainian and worldwide information shops, and likewise labored on picture tasks with a variety of humanitarian organizations.

Mr. Levin collaborated with Reuters, the BBC, and The Related Press, amongst different information shops.

“Each Ukrainian photographer goals of taking a photograph that may cease the battle,” Mr. Levin as soon as defined, in accordance with LB.ua.