Oleksandr V. Makhov (Zhurnalist)

Makhov Oleksandr Volodymyrovych was born on April 17, 1986 in Luhansk. He graduated from the Volodymyr Dahl East Ukrainian National University with a degree in Journalism. He worked at the Luhansk Regional Television, the city channel "IRTA", as a correspondent for the TV channels "Ukraine", "Ukraine 24", "Dom" (2021-2022). He covered events from the combat zone, hosted the podcast "Viiskkor". In 2017, he was on a business trip to Antarctica. In 2015, he voluntarily mobilized, served as an anti-aircraft gunner and machine gunner in the 57th separate motorized infantry brigade. He took part in the battles near the city of Horlivka - in Zaitseve and Mayorsk. With the start of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he went back to the front as part of the 95th separate airborne assault brigade. He was killed on May 4, 2022 during the defense of the village of Dovhenke, Kharkiv region, as a result of shelling by Russian invaders. He was buried on May 9, 2022 at the Berkovetsky cemetery. He left behind a son and a fiancée.