US teacher Jimmy Hill posted he was ‘still alive’ but feared for his safety hours before being killed in Ukraine gunfire

A US teacher killed in Ukraine had posted that he was “still alive” but feared for his safety just hours before being killed by gunfire. Jimmy Hill was gunned down by Russian snipers while waiting in a bread line in Chernihiv about two hours from Kyiv. In the early hours of Tuesday, he wrote on […]

A US teacher killed in Ukraine had posted that he was “still alive” but feared for his safety just hours before being killed by gunfire.

Jimmy Hill was gunned down by Russian snipers while waiting in a bread line in Chernihiv about two hours from Kyiv.

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Jimmy Hill was gunned down by Russian snipers, his family said[/caption]

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Hill wrote the post above shortly before his death[/caption]

In the early hours of Tuesday, he wrote on Facebook: “Intense bombing!still alive. Limited food. Room very cold. ira in intensive care.”

Hill had been living in Chernihiv, about two hours from Kyiv, as he took care of his Ukrainian partner Irina, who was hospitalized with MS, his family said.

The Minnesota native had been documenting his experience in the war zone throughout the last two weeks.

His last post, on Tuesday, read: “Not allowed to take photos. Spies throughout city. Bombing has intensified noway out.”

The previous day Hill had written that he was “hanging in there.”

“food portions are reduced..bombing and explosions most of the night..hard to sleep. People getting depressed,” he continued.

Hill had been trying to find a way to escape, according to a post from March 13.

“we are trying to come up with a plan. We need to get out of here. We want to take a family with children out with us. Its not safe here. But its not safe,” he wrote.

Cheryl Hill Gordon, Hill’s sister, said her brother’s body was “found in the street by local police.”

“My brother Jimmy Hill was killed yesterday in Chernihiv, Ukraine. He was waiting in a bread line with several other people when they were gunned down by Russian military snippers [SIC].

“His body was found in the street by the local police,” Gordon added.

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Hill had been trying to find a way to escape, according to his Facebook[/caption]

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Hill had been living in Chernihiv, as he took care of his Ukrainian partner Irina, who was hospitalized with MS[/caption]

PA:Empics Sport