Vira Hyrych

Vira Hyrych
Віра Гирич
Born1967
Died28 April 2022(2022-04-28) (aged 54–55)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Cause of death
Missile strike
OccupationsJournalist 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. In 2018, she began working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Radio Svoboda.

She had previously worked for the Israeli embassy in Ukraine.

According to her colleague Maryana Drach, publishing editor of Radio Liberty, she was investigating the ecological trace left by the Russian fleet in the Black Sea.

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.

Her death happened while UN Secretary General António Guterres was in Kyiv. The bombing was condemned by the French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs' Jean-Yves Le Drian.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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.