Lalrp.org: 
Soldin, 32, was a video coordinator with the French wire service, AFP mentioned. He started protecting the battle at its begin in February 2022 and had lived in Ukraine full time since September.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Soldin was “one among our compatriots.”
“With braveness, from the primary hours of the battle, he was on the entrance to ascertain the details. To tell us,” Macron wrote on Twitter. “We share the ache of his family members and all his colleagues.”
Soldin was with Ukrainian troopers and different AFP journalists close to the city of Chasiv Yar when he was struck by Grad rocket fireplace about 4:30 p.m., AFP mentioned. Nobody else amongst its workforce suffered accidents, it mentioned.
In a tragic echo of what was to come back, Soldin said on Twitter final week that “being caught beneath a rain of Grad yesterday with a bunch of trench-diggers might be one of many worst issues that I’ve skilled since being in Ukraine, with rockets exploding lower than 50 metres away. Pure terror.”
Fabrice Fries, AFP’s chairman, mentioned the company was devastated by the loss. “His loss of life is a horrible reminder of the dangers and risks confronted by journalists every single day protecting the battle in Ukraine,” he mentioned.
Soldin was a French nationwide who was born in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He spoke six languages, in keeping with his Twitter bio.
He was recognized for his type nature. In the past weeks, he had rescued a hedgehog from a shelling crater and nursed it again to well being.
On the backside of the underside of a crater from a Russian shelling…We tried to offer him some water however weren’t very profitable…and found he additionally had a head harm too..he did not have a look at his finest tbh however nonetheless he was sooo cute ! SOUND ON
2/11 #ukraine @EmmanuelP_AFP pic.twitter.com/03023rmbTc
— Arman Soldin (@ArmanSoldin) April 28, 2023
The combating in Bakhmut has been among the many bloodiest because the battle started, outlined by trench and concrete warfare with heavy casualties on each side, decimating what was a metropolis of about 70,000 individuals.
U.S. officers instructed reporters on April 30 that Russian forces have suffered 20,000 deaths and 80,000 accidents since December, many round Bakhmut. The Ukrainian determine is unclear.
