Sergey Nikolaev

Serhiy Vladyslavovych Nikolayev (; 14 February 1972

Personal Serhiy lived in Kyiv, Ukraine. He graduated from Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture in 1993 and was a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. Serhiy Nikolayev's only daughter is Valeriya Kravchuk, who was born in 1995. Georgia, Libya, Somalia, and Syria were other sites Serhiy covered during his career. He focused on war and its impact on children. In 2013, he held an exhibition called "A Childhood not for Children."

Death

Nikolayev was previously attacked by members of the Berkut special police forces when reporting on a "Euromaidan" event in Kyiv on 1 December 2013. Nikolay (or Mykola) Flerko, a volunteer in Right Sector battalion was also declared dead from the shell.

The police in Krasnoarmeysk (now Pokrovsk) are investigating the incident as a deliberate homicide.

Impact Both sides (pro-Russian separatists and Ukrainian troops) were blamed for the death.

Reactions Irina Bokova, director-general of UNESCO, said, "I condemn the killing of Sergii Nikolaiev. I call on all in Ukraine to ensure the safety of media workers."

Reporters Without Borders issued the following statement, "We offer our condolences to the family and colleagues of this talented photographer, who was the seventh media professional to be killed while covering the conflict in eastern Ukraine."

Olga Guk, editor-in-chief of Segodnya, said, "He would go with his camera into the fire so that he could show life as it happened. He did not spare himself. He was the bravest of professionals." President Petro Poroshenko appointed a scholarship for Serhiy's daughter Valeriya Kravchuk.

Awards Awarded the title of "National Hero of Ukraine" by presidential decree on June 5, 2015.