Vira Hyrych
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Vira Hyrych | |
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Віра Гирич | |
Born | 1967 |
Died | 28 April 2022 Kyiv, Ukraine | (aged 54–55)
Cause of death | Missile strike |
Occupation(s) | Journalist and radio producer |
Organizations | Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty |
Vira Hyrych (Ukrainian: Віра Гирич; also transliterated Vira Ghyrytch; 12 September 1967 – 28 April 2022) was a Ukrainian journalist and radio producer.
Biography
Hyrych was born in 1967.[1] In 2018, she began working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Radio Svoboda.[1]
She previously worked for the Israeli embassy in Ukraine.[2]
Her colleague Maryana Drach, publishing editor of Radio Liberty specifies that she was investigating the ecological trace left by the Russian fleet in the Black Sea.[3]
Death
She was killed on 28 April 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine after the building in Kyiv where she lived was hit by a Russian missile attack.[4][5]
Her death happened while UN Secretary General António Guterres was in Kyiv. The bombing was condemned by the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs' Jean-Yves Le Drian.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "RFE/RL Journalist Dies In Russian Missile Strikes On Kyiv". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Journalist who formerly worked at Israeli embassy killed in Russian strike on Kyiv". Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ ""Elle était formidable": une collègue de Vira Ghyrytch, journaliste tuée à Kiev jeudi soir, lui rend hommage". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ^ "RFE/RL Journalist Dies in Russian Air Strikes on Kyiv". VOA. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "It is being reported that the journalist Vera Girich was killed in the missile strike on Kyiv yesterday". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ^ "Guerre en Ukraine: une journaliste tuée dans le bombardement russe sur Kiev, la France dénonce des "frappes indiscriminées"". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
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