Team - Frontliner

Andriy Dubchak
Founder and editor-in-chief of Frontliner, photographer, videographer, photojournalist, and war correspondent. Andriy is the first streamer of Euromaidan. He filmed key events of the Revolution of Dignity, including the tragic days of February 18-20, 2014. He has been covering the events of the Russo-Ukrainian war since 2015. His reports have been published and broadcast by many media outlets worldwide. He is an honorary member of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers.
Dmytro Barkar
Editor-in-Chief. Journalist and media expert. In the profession since 1995. Has worked as a correspondent, program host, and editor in regional, national, and international media. Joined the Frontliner team in 2023.
Mykhaylo Palinchak
Independent documentary photographer. Started taking photos in 2008. From 2014 to 2019, he served as the official photographer to 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 popularization, discussion, and exchange of experience in the field of street photography in Ukraine. Author of photo books: "Anamnez" and "Faces of Maidan" (2020). Member of PEN Ukraine since 2022. Photo editor of the independent media Frontliner since 2023.
Olena Maksymenko
Correspondent and photographer. In Frontliner, she covers the war and the issues surrounding it. Author of books: Poetry collections "Bremen Routes" and "I am November to you"; collection of prose stories "Restless"; stories for teenagers "Dogs that tame people"; documentary book "Direct speech. Chronicles of protection." Veteran and reservist of the volunteer battalion "Hospitallers." Believes that the media can be a weapon in this war. In Frontliner since the first days of the publication's existence (2021).
Danylo Dubchak
Photojournalist and videographer. Graduated from the Kyiv University of Culture, majoring in "Audiovisual Art and Production". His goal is to provide a detailed and frank account of the events related to the Russian war against Ukraine. He participated in the photo exhibitions Russian War Crimes in the UK Parliament and The Year of War. In the Frontliner team since 2022.
Diana Deliurman
Journalist. After studying at the Faculty of History, intuition led her to journalism. Since joining Frontliner in 2024, she has begun to realize her passion for photography. Her focus is on national security, war crimes committed by Russia, Russian attacks on cultural sites, and the impact of war on children.
Nadiia Karpova
Journalist, videographer, and documentary filmmaker from Dnipro. She worked as an actress until the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022. Since then, her focus has been on frontline reporting and visual storytelling within the independent media publication Frontliner.
Artem Derkachov
Journalist. He wrote his first article in 2014 for a local newspaper in Bakhmut. Later, he worked as a stringer on a local TV channel. He graduated from the Kyiv University of Culture and received a diploma in television journalism. He interned with the Genesis team in the YouTube content department. He attended the Berlin summer school, where he studied media automation utilizing AI. He participated in the MDF&MicT program and is currently a JEP of this community. He has been with the Frontliner team since April 2024.
Albina Karman
Journalist. She connected her life with journalism at the beginning of her university studies, initially working on socio-political topics and investigations in the Rivne and Khmelnytsky regions. However, after the start of a full-scale war, it became increasingly difficult to follow events solely in these regions. In the end, fate brought her to deoccupied Kherson, and there for six months she learned to communicate with the military, people affected by the occupation, investigate Russian war crimes, and, of course, get used to danger. In 2024, she joined the Frontliner team. What she likes most about this job is the trust from like-minded people, which is especially strong in war conditions.
Oleksandra Rakhimova
Photographer. Joined Frontliner in 2025 to film essential events in places where she had no access before. In 2017, she graduated with a degree in journalism from the Lesya Ukrainka Eastern European National University. She has been taking photos for over five years (since 2020). From the beginning, she knew that sooner or later she would film war and everything related to it. For her, war is about human destinies. She dreams of capturing as many stories as possible of Ukrainians who bear the burden of war. She has been with the Frontliner team since 2025.
Maksym Kishka
Photojournalist. He started taking photos at the age of 14, and after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he decided to devote his life to this cause. He studied with famous Ukrainian photojournalists. He collaborates with Ukrainian and international media. He joined the Frontliner team in the summer of 2025.
Alina Evych
Journalist. She has been working on social and war-related topics since 2018, and since March 2022, she has become a war correspondent. She most often works in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. Most of all, she values the trust of the people she meets and the bright heroes of the materials. She likes topics that are worth taking a risk for, because the result justifies everything. Today, her primary goal is to create unique and meaningful materials that remain in people's memories. In the Frontliner team since July 2025.
Marharyta Fal
Photographer. Works with themes of life in frontline regions and social issues. She has experience participating in international and Ukrainian photo exhibitions. Joined the Frontliner team in July 2025.
Anna Semeniuk
Journalist. In the profession since 2009. Writes texts, takes photos, and videos. Believes that high-quality content is possible only when there is trust - in the hero, in the audience, and in herself. In the Frontliner team since the summer of 2025.
Tetiana Kreker
Photographer. Passionate about reportage and documentary photography, through which she seeks to tell and preserve human stories. Her focus is on the people and moments that shape the history of war and everyday life. She has been with the Frontliner team since July 2025.
Yuliia Huz
Journalist. Has been interested in texts since childhood. The beginning of the full-scale invasion exacerbated the need for truthful information, and therefore, has been engaged in journalistic projects covering the war and its consequences since then. She joined Frontliner in August 2025.
Anna Zubenko
Photographer. Has an architectural education. Has been in photography since 2019, and prefers the portrait genre. Knows how to find a common language with people of different ages and from various social backgrounds. Anna is interested in how professions and human experience change in the context of war. Perceives photography as an opportunity to find yourself in places and environments that are usually difficult to get to. In the Frontliner team since September 2025.
Tetiana Zabashtanska
Journalist. Works with texts and video reports. In the profession since 2021. Covers the topic of the temporarily occupied territories of the Donbas region. Writes about socially and politically important issues that directly affect people's lives and are of public interest. In the Frontliner team since autumn 2025.