Parents of Slain Ukrainian Journalist Sue Fox News, Alleging ‘Negligent Conduct’

On the two-year anniversary of the attack in Ukraine that left journalist Oleksha “Sasha” Kuvshynova dead, her parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit on Thursday against Fox News that alleges the network engaged in “reckless and negligent conduct” that put their daughter in harm’s way.

Just weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, Kuvshynova—who was contracted by the network as a producer and interpreter—accompanied photojournalist Pierre Zakrzewski and Fox News correspondent Benjamin Hall on a war reporting trip outside Kyiv. Their car was hit by a Russian shell, killing Kuvshynova and Zakrzewski while leaving Hall seriously injured.

According to the complaint, the network is accused of pressuring its reporting team to travel into a hazardous region despite warnings from locals and security consultants, leaving the crew vulnerable to attack. Kuvshynova’s parents claim that Fox News attempted to cover up its culpability after the incident, alleging that the network launched “a campaign of material misrepresentations and omissions to hide its own accountability for the disaster and shift blame” to security adviser Shane Thomson, who has also joined the lawsuit.

Read more at The Daily Beast.