List of Deceased Journalists
Oleksandr Vernihorov
Killed in action in Kharkiv oblast on 28 June 2026.
Cameraman with the Dnipro-based Channel 9 and Vidkrytyi TV. Volunteered to enlist in the UAF following Russia's full-scale invasion
Maksym Oseredchuk
Killed by a Russian drone strike on 24 June 2026.
Former producer for ABC News turned UAF servicemember
Oleksandr Klymenko
Had been considered missing since 2024. His death was confirmed on 30 April 2026 by the DNA examination of the soldiers’ bodies released by Russia.
Servicemember, videographer, and director from Poltava. Worked as a video editor with the Poltava-based TV channels Misto and Tsentralnyi (before 2020).
Viktoria Bobrova
Killed while performing her duties in a combat mission zone in Kharkiv oblast on 23 April 2026.
UAF servicewoman, casting director; press officer with the Mountain Assault Brigade No. 10 “Edelweiss”
Ihor Malakhov
Had been considered missing since 2023. Was killed in combat near Stepove village (Donetsk oblast, close to Avdiivka) on 29 December 2023. His body was identified by DNA in 2026.
UAF serviceman, filmmaker
Yevhen Solovey
Joined 1+1 Media in 2011. Killed in action on 27 March 2026.
TSN cameraman, UAF servicemember
Arthur Petrov
Killed while helping evacuate the wounded in Kupyansk-Vuzlovyi on 18 March 2026.
Stand-up comedian, screenwriter, servicemember
Volodymyr Fomichenko-Zakutskyi
The news of his death was officially announced on 10 March 2026. He was killed in action on 26 February 2026 in Pokrovsk (Donetsk oblast).
Servicemember, formerly the marketing director at Zaborona Media
Serhiy Fisun
Killed in a Lancet drone strike by Russian troops on 5 February 2026.
UAF Airborne Assault Forces officer, Kharkiv-based journalist
Volodymyr Siniychuk
Killed in action in Donetsk oblast on 4 January 2026.
Serviceman, photocorrespondent with the local newspaper Ridnyi Kray (Velyka Bahachka village, Poltava oblast)
Yuriy Mihashko
Killed in action in Sumy oblast. Enlisted in the Defense Forces in March 2022.
Serviceman, production designer at Novyi Kanal
Lana Chornohorska
Killed by a Russian drone in Ukraine’s South on 1 January 2026.
Journalist, servicewoman (UAV pilot and navigator)