Ukrainian journalist's death leads to investigation and criticism

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Prosecutors in Ukraine's southern Kherson region have opened a war crimes investigation into Russian troops who apparently killed a Ukrainian journalist late Wednesday.

Bogdan Bitik was killed while on the Antonivka bridge, a major crossing on the Dnipro river, near Kherson. Russian forces are believed to have partially destroyed it while retreating to Kherson's eastern bank last fall.

Bitik's body remained on the bridge for several hours, as rescuers said it was too dangerous to approach. He is the first civilian journalist killed on the job in Ukraine this year.

Bitik was working as an interpreter for an Italian reporter, Corrado Zunino, who was also shot, but survived after one bullet lodged in his bulletproof vest.

Their employer, the Italian newspaper La Repubblica, says both journalists were targeted by Russian snipers who are defending the bridge from a potential Ukrainian counteroffensive.