Bohdan Ptashnyk, a Volynian journalist  and public activist, is currently in a serious condition. He has been partially paralyzed. According to VolynPost, in a gunfight near Karlivka on May 23, Ptashnyk sustained a head injury, was taken to Donetsk city hospital, and then transferred to Dnipropetrovsk. He is in an IC unit; the right side of his body is paralyzed.