US journalist and filmmaker Brent Renaud has been killed by Russian forces in the town of Irpin outside Kyiv. The documentary maker, who previously worked for the New York Times, is the first foreign reporter to die in the conflict. Reporters who were with him said they were filming refugees escaping the town when they were fired on at a checkpoint. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said it was “one more example of the brutality of Vladimir Putin and his forces as they’ve targeted schools and mosques and hospitals and journalists.” Further west, at least 35 people died in a Russian strike on a military training base near the city of Lviv. That’s getting a lot of attention this morning because it’s 25km from the Polish border, and Poland is a NATO member. And a tiny ray of light to note: both Ukrainian and Russian officials have put a positive spin on their ongoing talks with a result expected “literally in a matter of days”.