Former hromadske employee Mykola Oransky killed in action

Mykola Oransky. Photo by hromadske

Mykola Oransky, a soldier and formerly a TV studio engineer at hromadske, was killed in action, the outlet reports on their website.

Mykola died on March 22, 2024 during a combat mission near Robotyne, Zaporizhzhia oblast.

He was a UAV operator in the separate mechanized brigade No. 118.

Mykola worked with hromadske from 2019 to 2022, and later enlisted in the Ukrainian Armed Forces as a volunteer.

Now he is forever 24.

You can support Mykola's family by donating to: 5168 7451 3540 8687 Roman Viktorovych Oransky (Mykola's father).

According to the Institute of Mass Information, Mykola is the 75th media worker to die as a result of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

The IMI monitors Russia's crimes against the media and journalists in Ukraine. In the two years since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has committed 567 crimes against journalists and the media in Ukraine.