Vira Hyrych


Vira Hyrych was a Ukrainian journalist and radio producer.
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Biography

Hyrych was born in 1967. In 2018, she began working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Radio Svoboda.
She previously worked for the Israeli embassy in Ukraine.
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.

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.
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.