Vitaliy Derekh

Vitaly Myroslavovych Derekh (; 3 September 1987 – 28 May 2022) was a Ukrainian journalist, public activist and soldier who was posthumously awarded the Hero of Ukraine in 2023. Since 2009, he had been employed as a journalist by the Media Corporation.

On 20 February 2014, he had been removing the injured from Instytutska Street, while served with the 15th Maidan Self-Defense Unit during the Revolution of Dignity. He worked for the 20 Minutes newspaper. Among other things, in 2013 he went on an editorial trip to South Africa.

Vitaly was employed by the Ivano-Frankivsk Municipal Guard from 2016 until 2018, specifically serving as a rescuer. For his valiant actions of saving a comrade's life, he was granted the Plast's Bronze Cross and the Order for Courage of the Third Degree. by an air strike near Popasna during the Battle of Bakhmut. The War Is Not Over Yet picture exhibition detailing the more than 500 crimes Russians have perpetrated against the media since 24 February 2022, debuted on Ternopil's Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. The display includes Vitaly Derekh's story. Vitaly has received honours and recognitions such as:

Honorary Citizens of Ternopil (22 August 2022)