List of Deceased Journalists
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
Antoni Lallican
Killed in a targeted Russian FPV drone strike near Druzhkivka (Donetsk oblast) on 3 October 2025. Reported on social issues in conflict zones around the world. Contributed to Le Monde, Le Figaro, Libération, Der Spiegel, Zeit, FAZ, etc. Had been documenting the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine since March 2022.
Prominent French journalist and photographer
Yaroslav Levytskyi
Considered missing in action since October 2024. Confirmed dead on 9 September 2025. Assigned to an army unit fighting near Pokrovsk (Donetsk oblast) in late October 2024; went missing days after the assignment.
Cameraman with Channel 5 and the media agency ACC turned serviceman
Denys Ponomarenko
Died on 7 September 2025 while performing a combat mission in Kharkiv oblast.
Starlight Media director of photography turned serviceman
Oleksandr Holyachenko
Killed in action in Zaporizhzhia oblast on 3 September 2025.
Former Kyiv FM, Nash Kyiv journalist turned servicemember
Bohdan Zayats
Killed in action in Donetsk oblast on January 30, 2025; the search for his body and confirmation of his identity lasted several months.
News anchor at the communal TV channel Novyi Chernihiv starting 2016