List of Deceased Journalists

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

Volodymyr Chernyshov

Killed in action near Novoselivka Persha, Donetsk oblast, on August 6, 2024.
Formerly a cameraman with Kropyvnytskyi-based media outlet CBN

Arsen Fedosenko

Fatally wounded in a guided aerial bomb strike in Kharkiv oblast on June 10, 2024.
Photographer with the UAF Strategic Communications Department's Media Center

Iryna Tsybukh

Killed in action in Kharkiv oblast on May 29, 2024.
Journalist with Suspilne, Hromadske Radio; paramedic in the volunteer medical battalion Hospitallers

Oleksandr Mashlay

Killed in action near Zhelanne, Donetsk oblast, on May 7, 2024.
Chief editor for the newspaper (later magazine) Pravyi Postup

Yuriy Siliuk

Killed in action near Arkhangelske (Pokrovsk district, Donetsk oblast) on April 26, 2024.
Videographer with Volynske Telebachennya and Hromadske.Volyn

Andriy Topchiy

Killed in action near Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia oblast, on April 20, 2024.
Journalist with Fakty

Alla Pushkarchuk

Killed in action in Donetsk oblast on April 25, 2024. Served in a mortar subunit of the Motorized Brigade No. 58.
Formerly a journalist with Tyzhden, Chytomo

Oleh Shemchuk

Went missing near Bakhmut, Donetsk oblast, in September 2022. Reported officially dead on April 3, 2024.
Investigative journalist from Zaporizhzhia, contributor to Nashi Hroshi Zaporizhzhia and other local projects

Mykola Oranskyi

Killed in action near Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia oblast, on March 22, 2024.
TV studio engineer at Hromadske

Petro Tsurukin

Killed in action during a counteroffensive near Mala Tokmachka, Zaporizhzhia oblast, on June 9, 2023. Reported dead in 2024.
Chief editor for STB's One For All, host at Kyiv Live TV

Dmytro Sinchenko

Went missing in Donetsk oblast in late August 2023; reported dead on March 8, 2024.
Journalist with Tyzhden and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Volodymyr Petrenko

Killed in a Russian mortar strike near Synkivka, Kharkiv oblast, on February 22, 2024.
Formerly an editor with the Zhytomyr-based media outlet Polissya.today