A U.S. citizen was killed during the war in Ukraine, a top U.S. official confirmed on March 17. “I can confirm that an American citizen was killed. I don’t have any more details for you than that,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters during a briefing in Washington. A State Department spokesperson told news outlets: “We offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss. Out of respect to the family during this difficult time, we have no further comment.” Authorities in Chernihiv, a city in northern Ukraine, said earlier Thursday on social media that a U.S. citizen was among the casualties from Russian artillery attacks “on unarmed civilians.” Cheryl Hill Gordon, a New Mexico resident, posted on Facebook around the same time that her brother Jimmy Hill was killed in Chernihiv. “He was waiting in a bread line with several other people when they were gunned …