The reporter's death comes as a senior Ukrainian military official said Russian forces had pulled back from some areas near the battleground city of Bakhmut after counter attacks by Kyiv's forces. For more of our coverage on the war in Ukraine, please click here. 10:28pm: Russia acknowledges Ukraine war ‘difficult’ but claims to have realised some goalsRussia's military operation against Ukraine is "very difficult" but certain goals have been achieved, Tass news agency cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Wednesday. 7:17pm: France launches war crime probe into AFP journalist's deathThe French judiciary has launched a war crime investigation into the death of AFP reporter Arman Soldin who was killed in Ukraine, anti-terror prosecutors said Wednesday. 11:03am: AFP journalist Arman Soldin killed in eastern UkraineAFP's Ukraine video coordinator Arman Soldin was killed on Tuesday by rocket fire near Chasiv Yar in eastern Ukraine, AFP journalists who witnessed the incident said.

Source: The Times May 10, 2023 09:26 UTC