Authors - Frontliner

Andriy Dubchak
Founder and editor-in-chief of Frontliner. Photographer, videographer, photojournalist, and war reporter. The first streamer of the Euromaidan: filmed the critical events of the Revolution of Dignity, including the tragic days of February 18th through 20th, 2014. He has been covering the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war since 2015. Andriy Dubchak's reports have been distributed and aired by many media outlets worldwide, including CNN, BBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and others. Honorary member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers.
Mykaylo Palinchak
Independent documentary photographer. Born in Uzhhorod in 1985. He currently lives and works in Kyiv. He graduated from the Faculty of International Economics of the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He started taking photos in 2008. From 2014 through 2019, he was the official photographer of the President of Ukraine. Founder of the Untitled platform (www.untitled.in.ua), dedicated to Ukrainian photography. Co-founder of the “Ukrainian Street Photography” community, a platform for the promotion, discussion, and exchange of experience in the field of street photography in Ukraine. Member of PEN Ukraine since 2022. Photo editor of the independent media Frontliner since 2023. Author of photo books: “Anamnez” (2020) and “Faces of the Maidan” (2020). Mykhailo’s photographs are kept in private and museum collections.
Olena Maksymenko
Reporter. She has been a freelancer for most of her career and has written for Ukrainian publications. She was an active participant in the Revolution of Dignity. In 2014, at the beginning of the occupation of Crimea, she and her colleagues spent three days in Russian captivity. Since 2016, she has been visiting the frontline as a military reporter. She is the author of "Bremen Highways," "I am November to You," "Unrepentant," "Dogs that tame people," and "Direct Speech. Defense chronicles.”
Danylo Dubchak
Reporter. Education – Kyiv University of Culture, majored in Audiovisual Arts and Production. His main goal is to cover in detail and openly the events related to Russia's war against Ukraine. In the Frontliner team since 2022.
Diana Delyurman
Reporter. After studying at the Faculty of History, intuition led her to journalism. Therefore, even more letters and texts appeared in my life. Since joining Frontliner, she has started to pursue her passion for photography. Her focus is always on national security, Russian war crimes, attacks on cultural objects, and the impact of war on children.
Olha Kurshevska
Reporter. In the Frontliner team since 2024. She tries to do as much as possible for Ukraine's victory. In addition to journalism, she volunteers as a military psychologist. When at the frontline for making a report, she alsoimproves the morale and psychological state of the soldiers. The most enjoyable part of her job is fighters smiling during interviews.
Sofia Cheliak
Reporter. In 2020, she started working on the Suspilne Kultura channel, co-hosting the program "Cultural Ukrainians." Since 2022, she has hosted the "Cultural Instinct" program. She is also the program director of Lviv BookForum, a cultural manager, a Czech translator, and a member of PEN Ukraine. She received the "Metaphor" award and the "Best Cultural Manager of the City of Lviv" award and was included in the Kyiv Post's "30 before 30.”
Viktoriia Kalimbet
Reporter. Her first texts were published in 2015 by the now-defunct Kharkiv online magazine Palindrome. In 2017, she started studying journalism at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan (Poland). From 2017 to 2023, she lived in Poland and collaborated with leading Polish media such as Gazeta Wyborcza, Polsat News, and Onet.pl. From the first days of the full-scale invasion, she covered events in Ukraine and the humanitarian crisis on the Polish-Ukrainian border for Polish viewers. She has performed hundreds of translations, including live translations. In the Frontliner team since February 2024.
Artem Derkachov
Reporter. He wrote his first article in 2014 for the local newspaper "Sobytiya" in Bakhmut. Subsequently, he worked as a stringer on the local TV channel "TRK Bakhmut.” He graduated from the Kyiv University of Culture with a degree in TV journalism. He trained with the Genesis team in the YouTube content department. He then studied at a summer school in Berlin, where he studied the automation of media work with AI. Artem participated in the MDF&MicT program and is currently the JEP of this community. He has joined the Frontliner team since April 2024.
Nadia Karpova
Reporter. In the Frontliner team since February 2024. She has a degree in film production.
Albina Karman
Reporter. She bonded her life with journalism during her first years at university. She worked on socio-political topics and investigations in Rivne and Khmelnytskyi regions. However, when the full-scale war erupted, she couldn't track the latest events exclusively in these regions. In the end, fate brought her to liberated Kherson. There, she has been the voice of Ukrainian soldiers and people suffering from the occupation to investigate Russian war crimes. In 2024, she joined the Frontliner team. She appreciates the trust of like-minded people the most; it is especially powerful during wartime.