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We have recently learned of the death of photojournalist Maksym (Max) Levin. Who was murdered by Russian military forces after being captured.

Maksim Levin, along with his friend, were found dead on April 1 north of Kyiv and a new report has concluded they were executed by Russians.

An investigation by Reporters Without Borders concludes that Ukrainian photographer and documentary maker Maks Levin, along with a soldier who was accompanying him for security, was executed by Russian troops near Kyiv in March as they searched for a piece of photographic equipment they had lost.

A smell of burning lingers in Moshchun, a village 20 km north of Kyiv that was heavily bombarded in early March, when the Russian tried to take the Ukrainian capital. Half of the houses were destroyed, the ground is still strewn with the debris of armoured vehicles and the few residents who stayed in the village during the occupation are still traumatised. Read more and see images here.

Human Rights Watch has demanded Tajik officials immediately release two independent bloggers arrested last week and drop "bogus charges" against them.