Soldier and photographer Volodymyr Myroniuk, name signal “John,” was killed on the entrance traces close to Kurdiumivka in Donetsk Oblast, journalist Yurii Butusov reported by way of Fb on Sept. 29.
Myroniuk, aged 59, was an impartial photographer who documented Ukrainian troopers on the entrance.
Butusov, who’s the editor-in-chief of Censor.internet, described Myroniuk as a “hero photographer” who “thanked each soldier he met with images.”
In line with Butusov, Myroniuk was Ukrainian however labored for a few years as a long-haul truck driver in the USA and had U.S. citizenship. He got here to Ukraine to {photograph} protestors throughout the EuroMaidan Revolution.
“He liked courageous individuals who risked themselves for top objectives, and he was glad to have the ability to seize the actual faces of actual heroes in moments of nice problem,” Butusov stated.
Myroniuk filed his final report just a few days in the past from an infantry place that was closely shelled by Russian forces. Butusov stated Myroniuk died with “digital camera in hand,” and that his physique couldn’t be retrieved for 3 days as a result of depth of the shelling.
Mates of Myroniuk are hoping to arrange an exhibition of his battle images, Butusov stated.
“Volodymyr Myroniuk’s archive comprises distinctive footage of many Ukrainian heroes, great portraits with many tales behind them,” he stated.
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Abbey Fenbert
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Abbey Fenbert is a information editor on the Kyiv Unbiased. She is a contract author, editor, and playwright with an MFA from Boston College. Abbey served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ukraine from 2008-2011.
