Evgeniy Maloletka

OSCE SMM monitoring the movement of heavy weaponry in eastern Ukraine, 2015.

Evgeniy Konstantinovich Maloletka (, ; born 1 March 1987) is a Ukrainian journalist and photographer. He covered the siege of Mariupol during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and, in particular, made a photograph of a woman wounded as a result of the maternity hospital bombing, which won World Press Photo of the Year. In 2023, he won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for public service, which he shared with Mstyslav Chernov, Vasilisa Stepanenko, and Lori Hinnant, and another one for breaking news photography, shared with Felipe Dana, Emilio Morenatti, Rodrigo Abd, Nariman El-Mofty, Vadim Ghirda, and Bernard Armangue, as part of the Associated Press team for coverage of the war in Ukraine.

Early life and education Maloletka was born in Berdiansk. He studied electronics at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute and graduated in 2010.

Life and work In 2009, he started as a staff photographer for UNIAN.

In 2013–2014, Maloletka covered the protests in Kyiv that led to the ouster of President Yanukovych.On 1 December 2013 while he was filming on Bankova Street near the Presidential Administration building, Berkut officers broke his arm and smashed his camera.

In 2020–21, Maloletka covered the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine. In particular, his photo of the doctor Evhen Venzhynovych was widely used for social advertisement. According to Chernov, on 11 March they were in a hospital taking photos when they were taken of the city with the assistance of Ukrainian soldiers. They managed to escape from Mariupol unharmed.

Awards 2022: Knight International Journalism Award, with Chernov and Vasilisa Stepanenko, for their work in Mariupol 2022: Visa d'Or Award 2023: Regional winner, World Press Photo, photo series category 2023: World Press Photo of the Year, World Press Photo Foundation 2023: Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (shared with Mstyslav Chernov, Vasilisa Stepanenko, and Lori Hinnant).