Vasyl Velychko, a serviceman in the Ukrainian Armed Forces and formerly a cameraman with the Poltava-based TV channels IRT Poltava and Misto Plus, was killed in action on 16 October, IRT Poltava reports.
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Before enlisting, Vasyl worked as a cameraman, covering news in Poltava. He is survived by his wife and two-year-old daughter.
Updated at 12:07. Vasyl Velychko was killed in a Russian guided aerial bomb strike near Slovianka, Dnipropetrovsk oblast, on 16 October 2026, IRT Poltava director Ihor Kuzhyk reported to the Institute of Mass Information representative in Poltava. He also wrote about it in a Facebook post.
“Bright, kind, sensitive, positive… there aren’t enough words to describe Vasyl,” Ihor Kuzhyk wrote.
The funeral for Vasyl will take place at the Holy Dormition Cathedral at 10am in Poltava on 20 October.
According to the Institute of Mass Information, Vasyl Velychko is the 142nd media professional to die in the course of Russia’s aggressive war in Ukraine.
