List of Deceased Journalists

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

Roman Zhuk

Killed in action near Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia oblast, on May 26, 2022.
Photographer, videographer from Mukachevo

Vitaliy Derekh

Killed in a Russian air strike in Myronivskyi (Bakhmut district, Donetsk oblast) on May 28, 2022.
Ternopil journalist, UAF serviceman

Kostyantyn Kits

Killed in action near Yakovlivka, Donetsk oblast, on May 17, 2022.
Cameraman with Avers TV (Lutsk)

Maksym Medynskyi

UAF serviceman, killed in an artillery strike near Kharkiv on April 29, 2022.
Communications officer, journalist

Yevhen Starynets

Killed in action near Popasna, Luhansk oblast, on April 30, 2022.
Former Suspilne Cherkasy manager

Oleksandr Makhov

Donbas war veteran, UAF serviceman, killed in action in Dovhenke, Kharkiv oblast, on May 4, 2022.
Journalist with the TV channels Ukraina, Ukraina 24, and Dom

Denys Kotenko

Killed in action near Kyiv on March 24, 2022.
Ministry of Veterans Affairs press office staff

Serhiy Zayikovskyi

Killed in action near Kyiv on March 24, 2022.
Essayist, historian, translator

Yuriy Oliynyk

Killed in acttion near Popasna, Luhansk oblast, on March 23, 2022.
Cameraman with Channel 24

Oleh Yakunin

Killed in action in Volnovakha district, Donetsk oblast, on March 18, 2022.
Website editor for misto.zp.ua (Zaporizhzhia)

Viktor Dudar

Killed in action near Mykolaiv on March 2, 2022.
War reporter

Serhiy Pushchenko

Killed in Vasylkiv alongside fellow Territorial Defence fighters on March 2, 2022.
Sketch artist and painter, culturologist, journalist, volunteer, ATO veteran