Photojournalist Maksym Levin, who had gone missing while carrying out his journalistic duties in March in Kyiv region, has been found dead. This was reported to the Institute of Mass Information by Prosecutor General’s Office.
“The journalist’s body was found in the village of Huta Mezhyhirska in Vyshhorod district. According to preliminary information, Maksym Levin, unarmed, was killed by the russian armed forces personnel, shot twice from a light weapon,” the report reads.
The police found the photojournalist’s body on April 1.
The Vyshhorod District Prosecutor’s Office has opened criminal proceedings for violation of laws and customs of war (Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
According to LB.ua, where Max had worked for a long time, he and Oleksiy Chernyshov, a serviceman and formerly a photographer, went to document the outcomes of russian aggression. The fate of Oleksiy Chernyshov is currently unknown.
Max Levin is survived by four underage sons, a wife and elderly parents.
As IMI reported, photojournalist Maksym Levin went missing on the front line in the Vyshhorod district outside Kyiv, where he was performing his professional duties and covering the war. The last time he was in touch was on March 13.
Maksym Levin was born in 1981 in Kyiv region. He had worked as a photojournalist, documentary photographer and cameraman for many Ukrainian and international publications, had collaborated with Reuters, BBC, TRT World, Associated Press, LB.ua, Hromadske. His photos were published by such publications as the Wall Street Journal, TIME, Break.