Mstyslav Chernov

Mstyslav Chernov (1985, Kharkiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian war correspondent, filmmaker, photographer, and novelist known for his coverage of the Ukrainian revolution, the Russian invasion in Ukraine, the war in Iraq, Syria, and Nagorno-Karabakh, and Afghanistan under Taliban rule after U.S. withdrawal, as well as for his art installations and exhibitions. Chernov is an Associated Press journalist and the President of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers (UAPP). He has won several prestigious awards, including two Royal Television Society Awards for his coverage of the downing of flight MH17, and DW Freedom of Speech Award for documenting the siege in Mariupol.