Maks Levin

Maks Levin
Максим Євгенович Левін
Born(1981-07-07)7 July 1981
Diedc. 13 March 2022(2022-03-13) (aged 40)
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
Body discovered1 April 2022
Huta-Mezhyhirska, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
EducationIgor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
OccupationPhotographer
Children4
Awards

Maksim Yevhenovych Levin (Ukrainian: Максим Євгенович Левін, romanizedMaksym Yevhenovych Levin; 7 July 1981 – c. 13 March 2022) was a Ukrainian photographer. He reported as a photojournalist from 2006, for LB.ua and Reuters among many others. He also provided photographs for international humanitarian organisations including UNICEF and World Health Organization.

During a mission to document the Russian invasion of Ukraine in Kyiv Oblast, Levin was detained, interrogated, possibly tortured, and executed by Russian soldiers. His friend, Oleksiy Chernyshov, who was accompanying him, was likely burned alive.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Ukrainian photographer and friend were 'executed in cold blood' – report". The Guardian. 22 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Ukrainian journalist Maks Levin 'executed by Russian troops,' RSF investigation finds". Yahoo News. 22 June 2022.

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