“Ruda Pani” died in Kyiv region in March, but the journalist's death is known only now.
As a result of full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation < Ukrainian journalist and blogger Oksana Gaidar, who also had the pseudonym "Ruda Pani", died, said Serhiy Tomilenko, chairman of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. Oksana Gaidar died together with her mother Lydia when the Russian occupiers fired artillery at the village of Shevchenkove in the Brovary district of Kyiv region.
“Journalist and blogger Oksana Gaidar was killed during the Russian artillery shelling of the village of Shevchenkove, Brovary district, between March 11 and 12. The death of a colleague became known the other day from a post by Larysa Vakulnytska on Facebook, “Tomilenko wrote.
Oksana Gaidar was known for her historical publications and posts on social networks under the pseudonym” Ruda Pani “. In her works, the journalist sharply exposed the imperial ambitions of the Russian government and its desire to establish control over Ukraine at any cost.
“Moreover, Oksana wrote her touching essays and comments from Moscow, where she lived with her husband and son. With the start of the large-scale Russian invasion, she returned to Ukraine to be close to her mother, “Tomilenko said.
He added that his latest tweet, Ruda Pani, was published on March 11: barely live on the Internet. Rusnya does not allow anyone to leave – she shoots at cars and even bicycles to death. You can only sit quietly in the houses. Humanitarian catastrophe – a matter of max. Month. I'm deleting Twitter, I hope to see you again. Everything will be Ukraine! ”
Oksana Gaidar was born and raised in Kyiv, in the family of a journalist. Her father, Yuri Gaidar, worked as a deputy editor of Sportivnaya Gazeta. Ruda Pani graduated from the Faculty of Journalism of the Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
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We will remind, from February 24 to April 29 < strong> 243 crimes against journalists were recorded in Ukraine , including murders, injuries, abductions.
