Journalist and AFU officer Serhii Fisun killed at the front

An officer of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Serhii Fisun, was killed while performing his assigned task on the morning of February 5, 2026. This was reported by his combat comrade Oleksandr Rudyk.

Serhii Fisun was born into a military family in the city of Kolomyia on January 20, 1979. Since childhood, Serhii dreamed of being a historian. He graduated from the Faculty of History of the Karazin Kharkiv National University. In civilian life, Serhii worked as a correspondent on television in Kharkiv and was a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU).

He bravely defended Ukraine from the occupiers and died on the battlefield, like a courageous warrior and Cossack, on the morning of February 5, 2026, from an enemy lancet on the Sloviyansk-Kharkiv highway.

Details for providing assistance:

A-Bank card: 4400 0055 0985 5604 (in the name of Olha Stoliarova, father’s wife). It is advisable to indicate: “Funeral assistance from…”

Contacts of Serhii’s father, Valerii Rubinshtein (volunteer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine):

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/valerij.rubinstejn

tel.: 067 977 8717; 097 360 2009.

The NUJU sincerely sympathizes with the family and friends of Serhii Fisun. Long live the memory of our colleague, Hero!