There’s a picture pass with he had with the wording “Peacekeeper” at the top.
Now, that’s a funny one!
His ID also said he worked for NYT but NYT said he wasn’t working for them; he had worked for them previously.
I saw that hysterical “peacekeeper” badge, too.
A whole new understanding (for me) is emerging from this (so far potential) disaster. The Men of the West (lots of whom are now women) have come under the spell of a delusion about how far the words they use can construct a reality, in this case, the reality of war.
This is a very complex topic, but just as one example - they believe that “journalist” is some kind of magic role which confers immunity from the tides of battle in a war zone, and if a journalist is shot dead by a soldier that it’s the SOLDIER and not the “journalist” who has done something wrong.
Never mind that an NYT staffer in Kiev is in fact an enemy combatant from the Russian POV.
Sgt. Major Plumley: “ ain’t no such thing today boy...”