Ukraine-Russia: Tributes pour in for radio journalist killed in Kyiv shelling as Nato chief warns of 'years' of war

A radio journalist was killed in overnight strikes on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, as a NATO chief warned that the war could go on for years.

Vira Hyrych, who was described by her employer, US-funded Radio Liberty, as a "true professional”, was at home in her apartment in Kyiv’s Shevchenkivsky district when the strike hit. It is likely that the target was a large military factory, Artem, across the street from the apartment block. It is understood that some of the flats were not occupied as they had only recently been built.

Tributes poured in for Ms Hyrych, who had worked for the broadcaster since 2018, as the State Committee for Television and Radio-Broadcasting said Russian troops committed 243 crimes against journalists and media in 16 Ukrainian regions since the war began.