The known Belarusian journalist Pavel Sheremet has been killed this morning in a car explosion in downtown Kyiv.

The blast took place at 07:45, at the intersection of Bogdan Hmelnitski and Ivan Franko streets, as Sherement was heading to the newspaper he was working for Ukrainskaya Pravda.

The car belonged to Ukrainskaya Pravda’s editor-in-chief.