Oleksandr Kushch

Acrobat Oleksandr Kushch died in the yard of his home in Mariupol.

He was born and grew up in Mariupol, found a job and a hobby that he pursued for many years. After graduation, he worked for some time as a security guard in a store and simultaneously practiced acrobatics and parkour. He led an active life, which, unfortunately, was cut short by the war…

After the start of the full-scale invasion, his hometown was mercilessly shelled by the Russian army. On one of those days, he was cooking over a fire with his girlfriend in the yard of his house when a shell hit there. On March 10, 2022, 27-year-old Oleksandr Kushch died in hospital from multiple wounds. His girlfriend Oleksandra Tkachenko also died…

The story of their deaths was told by the boy’s cousin Oleksandra Hodlevska. She was looking for her relatives on her great-great-grandfather’s side. Oleksandr Kushch was her cousin. Unfortunately, she found out about it after his death…