NEW YORK, March 13. /TASS/. American journalist Brent Renaud, whose death was reported by Ukraine’s authorities, was not working for the New York Times, Cliff Levy, New York Times deputy managing editor, said on Sunday.

"@nytimes is deeply saddened to learn of the death of an American journalist in Ukraine, Brent Renaud. Brent was a talented photographer and filmmaker, but he was not on assignment for @nytimes in Ukraine," he wrote on his Twitter account.

According to the New York Times representative, the newspapers’ press badge that was shown by Ukrainian authorities had been issued many years ago.

CNN said earlier citing Ukrainian authorities that one American journalist was killed in the Kiev region and another one was wounded.