Ukrinform journalist Oleh Zadoyanchuk killed in Donbas

KYIV, September 6 /Ukrinform/. Ukrinform journalist Oleh Zadoyanchuk died early on September 4 as a result of artillery shelling near Luhansk.

He was mobilized on August 29. On September 2, he and 16 other soldiers took the oath in the 12th Kyiv territorial defense battalion. In the early hours of September 4, the enemy's artillery destroyed their camp in the village of Dmytrivka, Novoaidar district, Luhansk region.

"At 02.30, the camp was shelled with Smerch systems that just burn down and destroy everything," deputy commander of the 12th Kyiv territorial defense battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Anton Shapoval, said.

Zadoyanchuk was 43 years old. The journalist will be buried on Monday, August 8, on the Alley of Heroes at the Lukianivske cemetery.

Ukrinform expresses its condolences to the journalist's family, friends and colleagues.

Zadoyanchuk was born on July 10, 1971 in Khabarovsk. In 1995, he graduated from Kyiv Taras Shevchenko National University. He worked at the 1+1 television channel, Novy Channel, City, Channel 5, as well as at the UNIAN and Ukrinform news agencies.

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