Anastasiia Blyshchyk
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Anastasiia Blyshchyk | |
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| Анастасія Сергіївна Блищик | |
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| Born | Anastasiia Serhiivna Blyshchyk |
| Education | Zaporizhzhia National University |
| Occupations | Journalist, soldier |
Anastasiia Serhiivna Blyshchyk (Ukrainian: Анастасія Сергіївна Блищик; born in Kherson Oblast[1]) is a Ukrainian journalist, a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a lieutenant of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a participant in the Russian-Ukrainian war. Member of the Women's Veterans Movement (2022).[2]
The leading Italian daily newspaper Il Foglio chose Anastasiia Blyshchyk as the Person of the Year 2022.[3][4][5][6]
Russian-Ukrainian war
She graduated from the Faculty of Journalism at Zaporizhzhia National University.[6]
She worked as a journalist for Espreso TV, Ukraine and Ukraine 24 (2019[7]-2022).[8]
She joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine voluntarily[9] after her fiancé, journalist and a soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Makhov, was killed in Kharkiv Oblast in May 2022.[5][10][11][12] At first, she served as a press officer in the Izium battalion of the TDF, and now she holds the same position in the 47th separate mechanized brigade.
On March 8, 2023, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi presented Blyshchyk with a shoulder strap with the rank of "junior lieutenant".[13]
She initiated the renaming of streets in Kyiv and Izyum in honor of Oleksandr Makhov.[2] On November 20, 2022, AnastasiIa Blyshchyk put up the first sign with the street's name.[14]