Vira Hyrych

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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
Organizations Radio 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.

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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]

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