Oleksandr Makhov
{{Short description|Ukrainian journalist and serviceman (1986–2022)}}
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Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Makhov ({{langx|uk|Олександр Володимирович Махов}}, 17 April 1986 – 4 May 2022) was a Ukrainian serviceman, sergeant of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military journalist, participant of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Biography
Oleksandr Makhov was born on 17 April 1986 in Voroshylovhrad (now Luhansk).{{cite web |url=https://gazeta.ua/articles/people-and-things-journal/_u-peredsmertnij-zapisci-prosiv-ne-hovati-mene-v-lugansku/961403 |title="У передсмертній записці просив не ховати мене в Луганську" |author=Вікторія Майстренко |date=21 April 2020 |website=Gazeta.ua |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}{{cite web |url=https://ukrainer.net/cytaty-nebesnoho-polku/ |title=Цитатник Небесного полку |author= |date=6 August 2023 |website=Ukrainer |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}
He graduated from the East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University with a degree in journalism. He worked for Luhansk Regional Television, the city's IRTA channel, and as a correspondent for Ukraine, Ukraine 24, and Dom TV channels (2021–2022).{{cite web |url=https://novynarnia.com/2022/05/04/u-boyah-za-nezalezhnist-ukrayiny-zagynuv-vidomyj-zhurnalist-oleksandr-mahov/ |title=У боях за незалежність України загинув відомий журналіст Олександр Махов |author= |date=4 May 2022 |website=Новинарня |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }} He covered events from the war zone and hosted the podcast "Viiskkor".{{cite web |url=https://glavcom.ua/country/society/khvilina-movchannja-zhadajmo-zhurnalista-oleksandra-makhova-rodom-iz-luhanska-911341.html |title=Хвилина мовчання: згадаймо журналіста Олександра Махова |author=Анастасія Фещенко |date=28 February 2023 |website=Главком |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }} In 2017, he had a business trip to Antarctica.{{cite web |url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/05/05/virte-v-zsu-takymy-buly-ostanni-slova-voyenkora-oleksandra-mahova-yakyj-zagynuv-u-boyah-pid-izyumom/ |title="Вірте в ЗСУ" — такими були останні слова воєнкора Олександра Махова, який загинув у боях під Ізюмом |author= |date=5 May 2023 |website=АрміяInform |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}
In 2015, he was voluntarily mobilized, served as an anti-aircraft gunner and machine gunner in the 57th Motorized Brigade. He participated in the fighting near Horlivka – in Zaitseve and Maiorsk.{{cite web |url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2021/07/31/moye-ridne-misto-v-okupacziyi-ya-buv-soldatom-i-nyni-yizhdzhu-na-front/ |title="Моє рідне місто — в окупації. Я був солдатом і нині їжджу на фронт" |author=Ольга Мосьондз |date=31 July 2021 |website=АрміяInform |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}
From 20 February to 5 March 2020, he was the only representative of the Ukrainian media in the observation center in Novi Sanzhary, Poltava Oblast, together with the evacuees from Wuhan, China.
With the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, he went to the front again as part of the 95th Air Assault Brigade. He died on 4 May 2022 while defending the village of Dovhenke, Kharkiv Oblast, as a result of shelling by the Russian occupiers. An enemy fragment hit Oleksandr's lung.{{cite web |url=https://armyinform.com.ua/2022/10/14/istoriya-vijny-oleksandr-mahov-ta-anastasiya-blyshhyk/ |title=Історія війни: Олександр Махов та Анастасія Блищик |author=Оксана Іванець |date=14 October 2022 |website=АрміяInform |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}
He was buried on 9 May 2022 at the Berkovets Cemetery.{{cite web |url=https://bigkyiv.com.ua/u-kyyevi-poproshhalys-iz-poleglym-u-boyu-zhurnalistom-oleksandrom-mahovym/ |title=У Києві попрощались із полеглим у бою журналістом Олександром Маховим |author=Галина Ворона |date=9 May 2022 |website=Big Kyiv |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}
He is survived by his son Vladyslav and his fiancée Anastasiia Blyshchyk.
Legacy
On 5 May 2022, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi began his address with the news of the journalist's death.{{cite web |url=https://www.president.gov.ua/news/pamyatati-peremogu-nad-nacizmom-oznachaye-realno-ne-dopuskat-74785 |title=Пам'ятати перемогу над нацизмом означає реально не допускати ніколи знову того, що завдали Європі нацисти — звернення Президента Володимира Зеленського |author= |date=5 May 2022 |website=Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}
A light rail station in Kyiv was also named after him.{{cite web |url=https://lb.ua/society/2022/10/28/534059_vulitsya_kiievi_nositime_imya.html |title=Вулиця в Києві носитиме ім‘я загиблого журналіста Олександра Махова |author=Ірина Гамалій |date=28 October 2022 |website=Lb.ua |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}
On 26 December 2022, in Izium, Kharkiv Oblast, Oleksandr Ostrovskyi Street was renamed to Oleksandr Makhov Street.{{cite web |url=https://vechirniy.kyiv.ua/news/74577/ |title=Вулиця Махова: у Києві наречена полеглого воїна повісила табличку на вулиці, що назвали на його честь |author=Даша Гришина |date=20 November 2022 |website=Вечірній Київ |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}
On 27 October 2022, Oleksandr Makhov Street appeared in Kyiv.{{cite web |url=https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/news-izum-vulytsi-pereymenuvannia/32194479.html |title=В Ізюмі з'явилися вулиці Шухевича, Чорновола, Лук’яненка та загиблого журналіста Махова |author= |date=26 December 2022 |website=Радіо Свобода |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |language= }}
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Category:East Ukrainian Volodymyr Dahl National University alumni
Category:Recipients of the Order For Courage, 3rd class
Category:Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine