On March 18, the chief editor of Zaporizhzhia-based news sites Afisha.zp and misto.zp.ua, Oleh Yakunin, died defending Ukraine against Russian occupiers. He was killed in a battle near Volnovakha district, in the Donetsk region.
“To all my pleading he would respond: "And if everyone hides, who will be defending Ukraine?” his widow Olena Yakunina remembered.
Oleh even took his laptop to the frontline to continue working. Unfortunately, the laptop was lost and it is impossible to gain access to the journalist’s final work. Oleh has a little daughter and younger brother. Sergeant Oleh Yakunin was awarded the Order for Courage of the 3rd degree posthumously.