List of Deceased Journalists
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)
Kostyantyn Shtyfurak
Enlisted the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the summer of 2022 and served as a commander of a UAV unit. His death was reported on 16 December 2025.
Serviceman, filmmaker, journalist
Vasyl Khomko
Killed in action while giving cover to his retreating group on 2 October 2025. Volunteered to join the army in March 2022.
Serviceman, ex-director for the travel show "Heads and Tails"
Anton Bondarenko
Went missing in action in Kharkiv oblast on 15 September 2025. His death was confirmed by a DNA test.
UAF serviceman, Ukrainian fixer for the French TV channels TF1 and LCI
Kostyantyn Huzenko
Killed on 2 November 2025.
Photographer, media producer, Ukraïner team member, liaison officer at the Rear Admiral Mykhailo Ostrohradskyi Marine Brigade No. 35
Vadym Pidlypenskyi
Killed in combat near Lyman (Donetsk oblast) on 25 October 2025. Enlisted in the Ukrainian Armed Forces in 2024.
Ligamedia sales manager, UAF serviceman
Alyona Hramova (Hubanova)
Killed in a Lancet drone strike by Russian troops in Kramatorsk (Donetsk oblast) on 23 October 2025. She and her crew were in a car at a gas station at the moment of the strike.
War reporter with Ukraine's international broadcasting channel Freedom TV
Yevhen Karmazin
Killed in a Lancet drone strike by Russian troops in Kramatorsk (Donetsk oblast) on 23 October 2025. He and his crew were in a car at a gas station at the moment of the strike.
Cameraman with Ukraine's international broadcasting channel Freedom TV
Oleksandr Urvantsev
Killed in action in Kharkiv oblast on 7 October 2025.
Cameraman with the Chernihiv-based Dytynets TV turned UAV operator
Bohdan Buday
Died on 26 September 2025 in the area where he was performing his duties.
Journalist with Vinnytsia-based online news outlet Vezha, Ukrainian Armed Forces officer