List of Deceased Journalists
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
Vladyslav Voloboyev
Killed in a Russian strike on a military training ground on June 1. He was only five weeks into his training at the moment of his death.
Worked at the Kryvyi Rih newspaper Puls for five years before being drafted
Bohdan Lysenko
Killed in action in Zaporizhzhia oblast on April 13, 2025.
Journalist with national and regional media, e.g. Fakty, KP Ukraine, Subota, Ekho
Vasyl Dovbush
Killed in action near Mohrytskia, Sumy oblast, on May 6, 2025.
Video editor and designer at Channel 24, formerly BC Lux staff
Vyacheslav Kobrzhytskyi
Reported dead on May 1, 2025.
Motor racing commentator with Setanta Sports, Formula 1 commentator before being drafted
Volodymyr Kotsur
Reported dead on April 29, 2025; last in contact on April 5, when he headed out for a combat mission in Donetsk oblast.
Sports journalist with Sport Express Ukraine, Ukrayinskyi Futbol, Komanda
Dmytro Bendikov
Killed in action in Ukraine's East on March 18, 2025.
Website editor at TSN
Kyrylo Polikevych
Killed in action near Preobrazhenka (Pokrovsk district, Donetsk oblast) on March 16, 2025.
Videographer with Suspilne Dnipro
Arthur Shybalov
Killed in action in Russia's Kursk region on March 13, 2025.
Cameraman, video editor with PTV UA
Yuriy Kirpik
Reported dead on March 13, 2025.
Project producer at Starlight Media (Weighed and Happy, etc)
Yaroslav Shapochka
Went missing in action in Donetsk oblast in March 2023. Reported dead on February 10, 2025. Killed in action near Bakhmut, Donetsk oblast, on March 20 or 21, 2023.
Formerly a journalist with Fakty
Ruslan Hanushchak
Killed in action near Sudzha (Kursk region, Russia) on January 11, 2025.
Military photographer, cameraman from Ivano-Frankivsk