List of Deceased Journalists
Oleh Zadoyanchuk
Killed in a Russian artillery strike near Luhansk on the night of September 4, 2014.
Formerly the chief editor of Oleksandr Tkachenko’s “Afterword”, the editor of the project “Face of the World”, news editor at Novyi TV, Channel 5, TSN, City TV, Ukrinform.
Journalist, contributor to various media outlets.
Oleksandr Chernikov
Killed in action near the Donetsk airport on January 22, 2015.
Reported for the program “Gubernia Chronicles” on Dnipro’s Channel 9 before the war. Creator and host of the program “Topic of the Week” on Channel 51 (Dnipropetrovsk Oblast State Broadcasting Company).
Journalist for Dnipro's Channel 9
Viktor Hurnyak
Killed in a mortar strike while evacuating the wounded near checkpoint No. 32 (Smile, Luhansk oblast) on October 19, 2014.
LUFA photo agency co-founder, worked with The Insider, Reuters, UNIAN. Reported from the Maidan, created a photo series about the life of the Aidar Battalion.
Dmytro Labutkin
Went missing in action on February 16, 2015, near Debaltseve (Donetsk oblast). Dmytro Labutkin’s body was discovered in a Dnipro morgue in March 2015.
III rank captain, Sevastopol reporter for the Ukrainian Navy Broadcasting Company “Breeze”
Andrei Mironov
Killed by mortar fire in Andriyivka village near Slovyansk (Donetsk oblast) on May 24, 2014.
Interpreter for the Italian correspondent Andrea Rocchelli
Andrea Rocchelli
Killed by mortar fire in Andriyivka village near Slovyansk (Donetsk oblast) on May 24, 2014.
Photo reporter, Cesura photo agency founder, worked with many outlets including Newsweek and Le Monde.
Serhiy Nikolayev
Killed in a shelling strike while filming the hostilities in Pisky (Donetsk oblast) on February 28, 2015.
Photo correspondent for Segodnya
Viktoria Roshchyna
Died in Russian custody on September 19, 2024. Her death was reported on October 10, 2024.
Ukrainian journalist, worked with media outlets such as Ukrainska Pravda, Radio Svoboda, Hromadske, etc.
Ryan Evans
Killed in a Russian strike on a hotel in Kramatorsk (Donetsk oblast) on August 24, 2024.
Safety advisor for Reuters
Arman Soldin
Killed in a GRAD missile strike near Chasiv Yar (Donetsk oblast) on May 9, 2023.
Video reporter with Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Bohdan Bitik
Killed in a Russian strike on Kherson on April 26, 2023.
Producer for the Italian newspaper La Repubblica
Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff
Killed in a Russian shelling strike in Luhansk oblast on May 30, 2022.
Journalist with the French channel BFMTV