Fox News chief political anchor and executive editor of “Special Report” Bret Baier reflected on the cost of war journalism, praising the journalists, producers and camera crews he has worked with over the two years of Ukraine coverage while remembering those the team lost. 

“Covering war is a tough thing. Logistically, it’s very difficult,” Baier said as he finished off a series of exclusive interviews near the front lines with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for “Special Report.”

“We’ve had scores and scores of staff members, photographers, engineers come through here in Kyiv, in Lviv and Warsaw, covering this over the past two years,” Baier said. 

Baier paid homage to the nearly dozen correspondents and reporters who went out to the field to cover the war and helped Americans see the true devastation of Russia’s unprovoked attack: Trey Yingst, Lucas Tomlinson, Mike Tobin, Jeff Paul, Greg Palkot, Alexis McAdams, Amy Kellogg, Griff Jenkins, Jonathan Hunt, Alex Hogan, Aishah Hasnie, Steve Harrigan, Jennifer Griffin, Nate Foy, Matt Finn and Benjamin Hall. 

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was denied an appeal last week as he continued to be wrongly detained by Russia while facing espionage charges that the paper vehemently blasted as “categorically false.” (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images)

Baier also used his moment of reflection to once more draw attention to the plight of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who remains in Russian custody until at least Mar. 30 after a Russian court rejected his latest appeal. 

“Journalism is not a crime,” U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said in a statement Wednesday after visiting Gershkovich at the prison. “We condemn the Kremlin’s continued repression of independent voices in Russia, and its ongoing attempts to corrupt the truth.”

“The charges against Evan are baseless, and we call on the Russian Federation to immediately release him,” the ambassador said.

Baier capped off his reflections by noting that “covering war is tough, but we will continue to: Fair, balanced and unafraid.” 

Fox News Digital’s Stephen Sorace and Brian Flood contributed to this report.