On February 26, 2022, Kharkiv based photojournalist and documentary filmmaker Ihor Gudenko went missing while covering the war in Ukraine. Shortly before his disappearance, he posted photos documenting the war on his Facebook page. On 25 February, the journalist uploaded a video of wrecked Russian military hardware.
It was not confirmed until May 20 that he had died on February 26. His body was found on Natalia Uzhviy Street, not far from the bypass in the northern Saltivka district, where fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces had taken place. The circumstances of his death are not yet established.