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Vira Hyrych
Віра Гирич
Born1967
Died28 April 2022(2022-04-28) (aged 54–55)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Cause of deathMissile strike
Occupation(s)Journalist and radio producer
OrganizationsRadio 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

  1. ^ a b "RFE/RL Journalist Dies In Russian Missile Strikes On Kyiv". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Journalist who formerly worked at Israeli embassy killed in Russian strike on Kyiv". Times of Israel. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  3. ^ ""Elle était formidable": une collègue de Vira Ghyrytch, journaliste tuée à Kiev jeudi soir, lui rend hommage". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  4. ^ "RFE/RL Journalist Dies in Russian Air Strikes on Kyiv". VOA. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  5. ^ "It is being reported that the journalist Vera Girich was killed in the missile strike on Kyiv yesterday". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  6. ^ "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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