ANDRONIK Mikhail Gennadievich

He openly supports russia's war against Ukraine, spreading kremlin propaganda narratives, and supports russia's annexation of Ukrainian Crimea, putin's policies, and the kremlin regime.
Since 2014, after the outbreak of the russian-Ukrainian war in Donbas, he has participated in hostilities as a mercenary in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine on the side of the so-called "LPR" and "DPR", including serving in the Patriot battalion and participating in the creation of the People's Militia Corps.
In 2015, he became a military correspondent for the russian news agency NewsFront, and in 2016, he became a military correspondent for the press service of the armed forces of the so-called "DPR".
He systematically expresses support for the russian military groups, including through his own Telegram channel "Ratnik 2nd raZryada", justifies russia's military aggression against Ukraine, covers russia's military actions on the territory of Ukraine in favor of the russian government, glorifies russian war criminals, and actively spreads disinformation and propaganda about russia's war against Ukraine, in accordance with the kremlin's narratives.
In his activities, he uses aggressive anti-Ukrainian rhetoric and calls the destruction of Ukrainian cultural monuments "denazification."
In 2022, he received the Journalist of the Year Award and the Medal for Valiant Labor from the occupation authorities of Crimea.
In 2023, he was awarded the Medal of the Investigative Committee of the russian federation "For High Citizenship".
In December 2024, he took part in the leading russian New Year's television show "Goluboy ogonyok" on the VGTRK channel, where, as invited guests, he personally represented the military personnel of the russian armed forces who are or have been involved in the war against Ukraine. During the concert, these servicemen were honored by the hosts and participants, given the opportunity to make "military-patriotic" speeches and send greetings to their "colleagues" from the front.
He systematically stays in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine in connection with his professional activities.