During fights with the Russian invaders near Nikolaev the journalist from the Lviv region Victor Dudar was killed. Viktor immediately went to the mobilization center on the first day of war (February 24) to defend Ukraine as a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, – Bohdan Kufryk a journalist of the Express newspaper commented for the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine
- For more than 10 years Viktor Dudar worked as a full-time journalist for the Express newspaper, he was my friend, – comments journalist Bohdan Kufryk, – he moved to Lviv from Bukovyna. He was writing about the military topics for the Express newspaper and conducted journalistic investigations.
In 2014-2015, Victor Dudar volunteered to fight on the front line in Donbas. He later became a reservist and worked for the Express newspaper, where until the last day he was engaged in investigative journalism and military coverage.
According to Viktor’s wife, journalist of “Дивись.info” Oksana Dudar, the man went to the front on the first day of a full-scale Russian offensive. I remember waking him up at 5.30: “Get up! The war has begun!” He hugged her tightly, saying that everything would be fine. I packed my backpack, called a few friends and went to the military unit”, – Ms. Dudar posted on Facebook.
The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine expresses its sincere condolences to the family and colleagues of Viktor Dudar. It is very sad that the journalistic community is losing real patriots and professionals due to the aggressive actions of the Russian occupiers.
