Pierre Zakrzewski, 55, cameraman and Oleksandra “Sasha” Kuvshynova, 24, were shot dead earlier this month in Horenka, in the northwestern suburbs of the Ukrainian capital. The British correspondent Benjamin Hall was injured in the attack. Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney and aides representing the president, Michael Higgins, and the Taoisea, Micheál Martin, attended the service, as did diplomats representing the US, Ukrainian, Polish and French embassies. “Truth-telling is a work of love, and love always has a price, and what a tremendous price it’s,” Father Kieran Dunn said at a church in Dublin on Tuesday. Friends and relatives carry the coffin out of the church after the funeral. Photo: Damien Storan / PA Zakrzewski is one of 12 journalists killed since the start of the Russian invasion, while 10 others have been injured, according to Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine’s attorney general. “Revealing the truth about Putin’s aggression is becoming more and more dangerous and dangerous,” he said. Several speakers paid tribute to Zakrzewski Kuvshynova’s colleague. Zakrzewski’s cousin Krzys said: “Sir, we pray that you will protect the media and the journalists who are defending the truth. “Give them the opportunity to be the voice of the dumb and give a face to the faceless,” said Zakrzewski’s cousin Krzys. Fox News producer Tim Santhouse said Zakrzewski was “one of the main reasons” he joined the station, impressed by his steely determination to go through customs with the large package of camera equipment and give his voice. to the speechless, bringing news from Afghanistan and other war zones to a global audience. “He valued the lives of others and looked at things from their point of view, especially those who were in his shooting range,” he said. As a war photographer, Zakrzewski covered the conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria for Fox, according to a note sent to his staff by Suzanne Scott, chief executive of Fox News Media, following his death. Stas’s brother said that “Pierre had refused to limit himself to a traditional education and instead chose to teach himself about world and politics through travel” in Europe in his adolescence, and then in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India where he is interested in photography. is part of journalism. He was “very inspired by his friends and family” and taught people to “think outside the box”, his brother said.
