Guided missile kills US paramedic in Ukraine

Pete Reed, a former US Marine and paramedic, was attacked by a Russian guided missile in the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut. Reed was with a team of aid workers tending to an injured Ukrainian. He wore military-style camouflage clothing.

There is no information if the Russians knew that the group in Bakhmut was made up of humanitarian workers, but the convoy used by the volunteers had international indications that should show the Russians the type of vehicles they were hitting.

One of the vehicles was marked with a red cross. The laser-guided anti-tank missile is only fired when a gunner sees and selects a target.

Pete Reed is standing beside the white van. He is closer to the van than the other aid workers.

The paramedic and aid workers were standing next to a white van, used to transport supplies, when the missile directly hit the vehicle, killing the doctor.

A volunteer who was close to Reed when the missile hit the van told the The Times that there were no military units nearby. One of the vehicles at the scene was clearly marked as an ambulance, he said.

Aid workers tend to an injured civilian in Bakhmut, Ukraine, on February 2, just before a missile strike.

Reed and his team were called in by Ukrainian troops because there was an injured civilian there who needed attention. The street was under shelling and missile attack when the team was victimized.