Andrey Topchiy is a serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a combat medic of a rifle battalion. He is 38 years old.
In the village of Rabotino, Zaporozhye region, journalist Andrei Topchiy died during a combat mission. The Verkhovna Rada announced this on Saturday, April 27.
“And again, a terrible loss to media workers On April 20, journalist Andrei Topchiy died during a combat mission in the Rabotino area of the Zaporozhye region,” the message said.
Andrey Topchiy is a serviceman of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and a combat medic of a rifle battalion. He is 38 years old. He came to the defense of Ukraine in 2014. During the ATO he received the rank of sergeant.
“During breaks for journalism, Andrei fought for Ukraine for ten years and he died like a warrior – on the battlefield,” wrote his colleagues.
In 2007, Andrey Topchiy graduated from the Faculty of History of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He wrote articles on historical topics and published interviews with scientists in the FACTS newspaper. Before that, he was a journalist for the Telegraph publication.
In total, from 2014 to 2024, the Russians killed 83 Ukrainian media representatives.
The day before it became known that the journalist Alla Pushkarchuk (Ruta) died at the front. He worked for Tizhden and Chitomo publications.
And in early March, journalist Dmitry Sinchenko (Perun) died at the front. He was a fighter in the Ukrainian Volunteer Army (UDA).
Source: korrespondent
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