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French journalist killed by drone in Ukraine, photo agency says
By Max Saltman, Svitlana Vlasova, CNN
Updated:
5:02 PM EDT, Fri October 3, 2025
Source: CNN
French photojournalist Antoni Lallican was killed by a drone in
Ukraine on Friday, according to his employer and French President
Emmanuel Macron.
Lallican, 38, was on assignment for the Hans Lucas photo agency when he
was killed Friday morning, according to the agency.
The attack also injured a Ukrainian journalist, Heorgiy Ivanchenko,
according to the (IFJ-EFJ), which added that both journalists were
wearing bulletproof vests marked “Press.”
In a statement to CNN, the Hans Lucas Agency said that Lallican was an
award-winning photographer who had worked for the company since 2018.
“His work focused on social and societal issues, with a particular
focus on conflict zones and human rights,” the statement said.
“Particularly committed to the conflict in Ukraine, he had been
traveling there regularly since the start of the Russian invasion in
February 2022.”
Macron on social media that Lallican “was accompanying the Ukrainian
army on the front of resistance” and was “a victim of a Russian
drone attack.”
“I learned with deep sadness of his death, a victim of a Russian
drone attack,” Macron wrote as he extended his “heartfelt
condolences” to Lallican’s family.
Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha also his
condolences in a post.
Lallican was killed by a Russian first-person view (FPV) drone,
according to a social media post by Sergiy Tomilenko, president of the
National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU).
“Currently, the main threat to journalists, as well as to all
civilians, is Russian drones hunting people,” Tomilenko wrote.
CNN has reached out to the Russian Ministry of Defense for comment.
Civilians in Ukrainian cities near the front lines have previously that
Russian FPV drones are a constant threat, with virtually no target off
limits: pedestrians, cars, buses and even ambulances have suffered
attacks.
Russia has repeatedly maintained that it does not target civilians.
Not counting Lallican, at least 16 journalists have died reporting on
the war in Ukraine since the Russian invasion, according to the The
vast majority were killed during the first year of the war.
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