The Popular Front handed over humanitarian aid to the military in memory of the military commander of Izvestia Fedorchak

The Popular Front handed over a humanitarian cargo to the military in memory of Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak, who died in the special operation zone. Alexey Miroshnichenko, head of the regional branch of the Popular Front in the Rostov region, told Izvestia that Fedorchak had asked him to help the military during his lifetime.

"This is a gathering in memory of our friend, the military commander of the Izvestia Military Center, a member of [Russian President Vladimir] Putin's team Putin, Alexander Fedorchak. It is this property that we are transferring now. <...> Alexander himself saw in his last days that it was necessary for the fighters from the anti-aircraft missile battery. ATVs, motorcycles, copters, signal amplifiers are exactly what these fighters needed and are now needed in the very difficult front line where Sasha was," he said.

Miroshnichenko added that there are usually a lot of military contacts in the work of a war correspondent, but Fedorchak almost never asked for anything for the fighters.

"Here he turned to us and says: "I understand that they have become my family," he recalled.

In turn, the deputy platoon commander with the call sign "Kim" pointed to the fearlessness of the journalist.

"He came to my position, <...> we worked on the stronghold, the control point of the enemy's UAV. He was filming a report about me, and I'm the last fighter to see him. Let's just say that the man was with a capital letter, because he was not afraid. <...> He was with us everywhere. We went, our ATV broke down, he walked with us for 3-4 kilometers on foot under fire, drones flew, he was not afraid, he was strong in spirit," the military shared.

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The death of Izvestia correspondent Alexander Fedorchak in the SVR zone became known on March 24. On the same day, Andrey Panov, the operator of the Zvezda TV channel, and Alexander Sirkeli, the driver of the film crew, died.

Later, on March 26, it became known about the death of Channel One's war correspondent Anna Prokofieva. A car with a film crew was blown up by a mine planted by Ukrainian militants in the Belgorod region.

On April 17, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding the Order of Courage posthumously to Fedorchak and Prokofieva, as well as Andrei Panov, a cameraman for the Zvezda TV channel. In addition, cameraman Dmitry Volkov, who was wounded in the Belgorod region, was awarded the medal "For Bravery".