<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Courtesy of <i>FOX-13</i> at:<div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.fox13now.com/news/national-news/russia-ukraine-conflict/idaho-man-among-civilians-killed-by-russian-bombing-in-ukraine">https://www.fox13now.com/news/national-news/russia-ukraine-conflict/idaho-man-among-civilians-killed-by-russian-bombing-in-ukraine</a></div><div><br></div><div>—————————————————</div><div><span style="font-family: proxima-nova, sans-serif; font-size: 46px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Idaho man among civilians killed by Russian attack in Ukraine</span></div><div><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">DRIGGS, Idaho — An Idaho man was killed in a Russian attack in the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, where his partner was seeking medical treatment for multiple sclerosis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The death of 68-year-old James Whitney Hill, of Driggs, Idaho, was reported Thursday by his sister,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.kivitv.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/idaho-man-killed-in-ukraine" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); transition: all 0.4s ease;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 86, 135);">Idaho 6 News reported</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">The Associated Press reported, Hill, a native of Eveleth, Minnesota, who was living in Driggs, identified himself as a lecturer at universities in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, and Warsaw, Poland.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Ukrainian officials<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.fox13now.com/news/national/russia-ukraine-conflict/u-s-citizen-among-the-dead-after-attack-on-chernihiv" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); transition: all 0.4s ease;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 86, 135);">reported that 10 people were killed Wednesday</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>in Chernihiv while standing in the bread line.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Chernihiv police and the U.S. State Department confirmed the death of an American but did not identify him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="cms-textalign-center" align="center" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.fox13now.com/news/national-news/russia-ukraine-conflict" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); transition: all 0.4s ease;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 86, 135);">Latest on the Ukraine-Russia war</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">"With regard to the American citizen -- I can confirm that an American citizen was killed. I don't have any more details for you but I confirm that," said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">According to ABC News, Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Gerashenko identified the person as 68-year-old James Whitney Hill, who was killed in an artillery attack.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hill had been in Ukraine since December, according to his Facebook page.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Hill was at least the second U.S. citizen to be killed in the conflict.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div><div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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