Friends!

 14 years ago, in Iraq was killed Ukrainian videographer Taras Protsyuk. He filmed fighting of the US Army from the balcony of his hotel room "Palestine", which was the focus of the media, when he was fired from a tank. Taras Protsyuk and his Spanish colleague - Jose Kouso received fatal injuries from which they died. Taras was only35 years old.

Taras Protsiuk was born on the 16th of January, 1968 in Ivano-Frankivsk. He studied at several universities, but did not finish them. Imagine, he was expelled from the Space Academy in Leningrad, because of Ukrainian nationalism - by order of the Minister of Defense! He painted Ukrainian passport for his friends.

Then Taras Protsiuk started shooting. He traveled to various hot spots: Afghanistan, Kashmir, Yugoslavia, Chechnya, Transnistria, and others.

In Serbia, he was considered persona non grata, but he still went there to shoot and was hit to the prison. In Chechnya videographer got a concussion, but he fled from the hospital to continue shooting. This man was so burned by his work and loved it, he gave himself to his work completely, was not afraid of danger. That’s why, he worked for the world's best news agency «Reuters». When Taras Protsiuk went on shooting, everyone was sure that the world will see the true and exclusive footage from the hottest points.

In each country, Ukrainian wound up not only new friends, but learned the language. He spoke fluently Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, English, Serbian, Croatian and Farsi.

To Ukraine, he often came to relax and spend time with his family - his wife Lydia and son Denis. But when there occurred the most important events, he also returned to work. He actively covered the civil action "Ukraine without Kuchma" and gave his video to Ukrainian TV channels that could not shoot video through the censorship of these events.

Eternal memory to Taras Protsyuk - talented videographer, brave men and courageous citizen. Ukraine must remember such people!