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French photojournalist Antoni Lallican killed in Ukraine drone attack

Antoni Lallican in a portrait posted to his Instagram account. The photographer was killed in a drone strike in Ukraine on 3 October 2025, at the age of 37. © Antoni Lallican via Instagram

Antoni Lallican, an award-winning French photographer on assignment in Ukraine, died in a drone attack in the eastern Donbas region on Friday, press groups have announced. It is the first time a journalist has been killed by a drone in Ukraine in more than three years of war with Russia.

Lallican, 37, was embedded with a Ukrainian brigade near the front line in Donbas when he was killed in a drone attack on the area, the Ukrainian military said. They attributed the strike to Russia.

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