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French Photojournalist Antoni Lallican Killed in Donbas Drone Strike

Press groups call the FPV strike a potential war crime, with demands for a swift joint inquiry involving French authorities.

En janvier 2024, il avait reçu le prix Victor Hugo de la photographie engagée pour son reportage « Soudain, le ciel s’est assombri », plongée dans le quotidien des habitants du Donbass.
Le photographe français Antoni Lallican a été tué en Ukraine vendredi 3 octobre dans une attaque de drone. Image d’illustration d’une maison en flamme dans le Donbass, après des bombardements russes.
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Antoni Lallican in Beirut in October 2024.

Overview

  • Hans Lucas confirmed Lallican’s death during a Friday morning assignment in the Donbas, with the attack reported around 07:20 GMT.
  • President Emmanuel Macron and the Ukrainian brigade he accompanied attributed the strike to a Russian FPV drone.
  • Ukrainian journalist Heorgiy Ivanchenko was injured in the same attack while the pair traveled in a vehicle identified as press.
  • Journalist federations IFJ–EFJ, SNJ and RSF condemned the strike and urged a rapid, transparent investigation potentially coordinated with French prosecutors.
  • The incident occurred near Druzhkivka in Donetsk, and press organizations said this is the first journalist death by a drone reported in Ukraine since 2022, with official inquiries ongoing.