Oleksandr Yu. Chernikov (Reporter)

In 2007, Oleksandr graduated from the Faculty of Systems and Means of Mass Communication at Dnipropetrovsk National University named after Oles Honchar, obtaining the qualification of "Specialist in International Information, Translator." He worked as a video operator at Dnipropetrovsk's "Channel 9" and was a co-author of the resonant investigative television program "Gubernski Chronicles." In 2008, at the age of 23, he went to the military recruitment office and achieved conscription for mandatory military service in the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which he completed in the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade. Later, he worked in media outlets such as nctv.in.ua, "Resonance TV," "Privat TV Dnipro," and the newspaper "The Kyiv Times." He was called up for military service during mobilization in March 2014.