Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, who had been reported shot and killed in the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, showed up at a news conference on Wednesday very much alive.

Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko. ─ AFP
Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko. ─ AFP

Vasily Gritsak, head of the Ukrainian Security Service, told a news conference on Wednesday the agency faked Babchenko’s death to catch those who were trying to kill him.

Kiev and national police had said Babchenko, a strong critic of the Kremlin, was shot multiple times in the back at his apartment building and found bleeding by his wife.

He showed up at Gritsak’s new conference on Wednesday and thanked everyone who was mourning his death.

Babchenko, 41, one of Russia’s best-known war reporters, spoke and wrote year about leaving the country because of repeated threats that he and his family would be harmed.

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