List of Deceased Journalists

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130
journalists deceased in the war since 2014
123
journalists deceased in the full-scale war

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

Anton Vovk

Killed in action on December 28, 2024.
Music editor for Starlight Media's MasterChef before the full-scale invasion.

Oleh Sarelo

Reported dead on December 9, 2024.
Video editor for the project Realna Istoria

Andriy Buchak

Went missing near Vodyane, Donetsk oblast, on August 13, 2024; reported dead by his wife Olena on November 24, 2024.
Formerly a journalist from Luhansk; worked with the newspaper Kuryer

Oleksiy Andreyev

Went missing in Donetsk oblast on November 29, 2023; reported dead on November 2, 2024.
Cameraman with the Mariupol TV channels TB7 and Sigma; Azovstal plant press officer

Stanislav Zhytnytskyi

Killed in action in September 2024.
Line producer at STB, Novyi Kanal

Ihor Zakharov

Went missing near Sriblyanske Forestry or Yampil, on the border between Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, on August 1, 2023. Reported dead in September 2024.
Formerly a cameraman with Ukraina TV, 1+1

Pavlo Parkhomenko

Killed in action near Kreminna, Luhansk oblast, on September 5, 2024.
Videographer with Priamyi TV

Bohdan Zatula

Killed in a Russian mass strike in Dnipropetrovsk oblast on August 26, 2024.
Kharkiv corrspondent with Novyny.LIVE

Oleksiy Sapuha

Killed in action in Donetsk oblast on July 30, 2024.
Bird photographer