GRIGORYUK Denis Ihorovych

He is a native of Donetsk who, through his information activities, plays a significant role in supporting the armed aggression of the russian federation against Ukraine, systematically promoting kremlin narratives aimed at justifying the war, discrediting the Ukrainian authorities and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and creating a positive image of russian armed formations.
From 2014 to 2017, he worked as chief specialist of the Internet Resources and Networks Department at the "Ministry of Information of the DPR" and "Press Service of the Armed Forces of the DPR", the PolitNavigator news agency, and cooperated as a photojournalist with the online publications "Pravda DPR", "All about the DPR", the Kometa radio station, and the federal agencies TASS and Kommersant.
Since 2019, he has been working as a photojournalist for the Analytical Service of Donbass news agency.
In 2016, he received a passport of the so-called DPR, and in 2020 he applied for russian citizenship. In addition, in 2022, he participated in an illegal referendum and voted "in favor of joining" the so-called DPR to russian federation.
Grigoryuk's informational activities include writing propaganda books such as "SMO. Hell of War", "City of the Living", as well as the realization of the photo book project "Donbass. War and People" with the support of the рresidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives.
In addition, with the support of russian autonomous non-profit organizations, photo exhibitions are held at which Grigoryuk presents his propaganda works and covers the course of events in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region.
He also actively uses his Telegram channel to disseminate kremlin narratives and rebroadcasts publications by other russian propagandists, including fundraisers to purchase military equipment for russian troops, particularly drones.
He was awarded a certificate of honor by the liquidated so-called head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko "for the development of the DPR media space".