plant? kate, that s right. we learned ukrainian special teams have repaired and tonight the electricity is back on. kate molly, thank you. an award-winning american journalist was among those killed in ukraine today brent renaud was shot by russian forces near kyiv he had been in ukraine working on a project about the refugee crisis tonight we re hearing from his colleague who was injured in the attack our matt bradley in is ukraine and has more on renaud s distinguished career. reporter: tonight in ukraine, a death in the line of duty brent renaud, an award-winning american video journalist shot dead by russian troops outside kyiv his colleague, juan, was injured in the attack we passed a checkpoint and they start shooting at us so the driver turn around, and they kept shooting there was two of us, my friend brent renaud, he s been shot and left behind.
reporter: renaud specialized in hardship posts covering afghanistan to africa, the middle east to mexico imagine being 16 years old, leaving home on your own, $8 in your pocket, and trying to make it all the way from honduras to the united states close to 2,000 miles. reporter: with credits from the new york times, npr, rolling stone, vice and hbo among others he won accolades wherever he went. thank you this is a huge honor for us. reporter: the white house reacting to the breaking news. this is obviously shocking and horrifying. reporter: renaud, the victim of another day of violence in irpin outside the ukrainian capital, where russian forces continue their relentless push towards kyiv they re preparing to go on the offensive against kyiv, he said. they re trying to scare us a once prosperous suburb rendered to rubble and a colleague who died doing what he loved. matt bradley, nbc news, ukraine. millions have already fled ukraine,