Kyiv: Journalist killed in rocket attack on 28 April

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — FRIDAY, 29 APRIL 2022, 12:09

The body of a dead woman, a journalist, has been found under the rubble of a house in the Shevchenkivskyi district of the capital, which was struck by a Russian missile on 28 April.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Telegram

Quote: "Friends! Rescuers who are continuing to search through and clear away the rubble of a residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district which was hit by a rocket yesterday have just found the body of the deceased."

Details: According to journalists, the body was that of Vira Gyrych, who had been working as a producer at the Ukrainian bureau of "Radio Svoboda" in Kyiv.

"Radio Svoboda" officially confirmed the death of a colleague.

Quote: "Radio Svoboda" producer Vera Girich died as a result of a Russian missile hitting the house where she lived in Kyiv. The shelling took place on 28 April. The body of the deceased was found under the wreckage on the morning of 29 April.

Vira Gyrych started working in the Kyiv bureau of "Radio Svoboda" on 1 February, 2018. Prior to that, she worked on leading Ukrainian TV channels.

The editorial board of "Radio Svoboda" expresses its condolences to the family of Vira Girich and will remember her as a bright, kind person, a true professional. "

Background: On the evening of 28 April in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kyiv, in the centre of the city, aggressor’s missiles hit an object and a nearby apartment building. The apartment building was new and still largely uninhabited. Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Anton Herashchenko reported about a dozen victims. On the morning of 29 April, the capital's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said that four people had been hospitalised.