His body was found in a village north of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, on April 1, the LB.ua news website where he worked reported on Saturday. Levin, born in 1981, was a documentary filmmaker who had helped cover the country from Reuters since 2013. He worked in the village of Huta Mezhyhirska. There was heavy bombardment in the area. The Prosecutor General’s Office in Ukraine said Levin had been “killed by two gunmen in the Russian Armed Forces.” This could not be verified independently. Maxim Levin. Photo: Reuters “We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Maksim Levin, a longtime Reuters associate, in Ukraine,” said John Pullman, Reuters Global Editor-in-Chief. “Maks has been providing fascinating photos and videos of Ukraine to Reuters since 2013. His death is a huge loss for the world of journalism. “Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time.” Reporters Without Borders, an NGO working to protect journalists, said on Twitter that Levin was the sixth journalist to be killed in Ukraine since the Russian invasion in late February. “He was unarmed and wore a jacket,” he said. “Targeting journalists is a war crime.” On March 22, he expressed concern over Levin’s disappearance. The 40-year-old father of four had worked with Ukrainian and international media. During fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine in 2014, he managed to escape the siege in a city where hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers were killed.
