Overview

• Lallican, 37, was struck near Druzhkivka in Donetsk while traveling in a vehicle clearly marked with press protection gear, according to journalist unions and his agency Hans Lucas.
• Heorgiy (George) Ivanchenko, a 25-year-old Ukrainian reporter traveling with him, was wounded in the same attack.
• Ukrainian sources on the scene described the weapon as a Russian first-person-view drone, with a unit post stating it was a targeted FPV strike.
• President Emmanuel Macron condemned the killing and said Lallican was a victim of a Russian drone attack, while Reporters Without Borders urged a rapid inquiry with French prosecutors.
• Media organizations said this is the first journalist death in the war caused by a drone, and they noted differing overall fatality counts tracked by unions and UNESCO.