Dylan Collins

Affiliated media: AFP News Agency, Journalist

Incident date: July 24, 2023

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: от военных

Source: Safety of Journalists Platform

Location: Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast, Bakhmut

Additional information:

On 24 July 2023, Dylan Collins, a United States video journalist with the French news agency AFP, was wounded in a drone attack while reporting at a Ukrainian artillery position near the frontline city of Bakhmut. All the AFP journalists at the scene were wearing press markings, and two other AFP journalists who were present escaped unharmed. Collins sustained shrapnel injuries and was evacuated to a nearby hospital. According to those reports, the journalist was “conscious”, and his condition was “not life-threatening”. “We are investigating the full circumstances behind this incident”, Christine Buhagiar, the AFP Europe Director, said in a statement.