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Maks Levin
Ukrainian photographer (1981–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Maksim Yevhenovych Levin (Ukrainian: Максим Євгенович Левін, romanized: Maksym 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.
In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yevhenovych and the family name is Levin.
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Maks Levin | |
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Максим Євгенович Левін | |
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Born | (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 |
Died | c. 13 March 2022(2022-03-13) (aged 40) Huta-Mezhyhirska, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine |
Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
Body discovered | 1 April 2022 Huta-Mezhyhirska, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine |
Education | Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute |
Occupation | Photographer |
Children | 4 |
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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]