A Telegram post confirmed the death of Dmytro Khizhnyak, a well-known host and showman from Zaporizhzhia, who was reportedly missing since May 20, 2024, after completing a combat mission in the Avdiivka direction. Khizhnyak served in the 25th Airborne Brigade.

Khizhnyak was a prominent figure in Zaporizhzhia, having worked at Hit FM radio and hosted programs on TV-5. He joined the defense of Ukraine after the full-scale invasion and was a commander in the 25th Airborne Brigade. Contact was lost with him and his comrades on May 20, 2024, during a mission in the Yasynuvatskyi district of Donetsk Oblast.