Poddubny Yevgeny is a military journalist who became famous for his reports from the battlefield. Many times he saved people at the risk of his own life.
Childhood, adolescence
Evgeny Poddubny was born on August 22, 1983 in Belgorod. His parents are doctors, so the boy knew how to provide first aid, dressings. This skill has come in handy more than once in adulthood.
For some time, the family lived in the East, so Eugene is close to Eastern culture, he also knows Arabic. He also speaks fluent English.
After school, Evgeny went to study at the Institute of Belgorod, where he studied history. A year later, he transferred to the Faculty of Psychology. As a student, Poddubny worked as a radio presenter, a correspondent for local TV, and wrote articles for a newspaper.
Professional activity
After graduation, Poddubny left for Moscow, where he got a job at the TV Center. He worked on the channel for 9 years. In 2011, he began working as a correspondent for Russia-24, reporting on local conflicts.
Eugene was included in the staff of military journalists, thanks to his strong nerves, skills and abilities. He began reporting from hot spots. The first one took place in August 2008 in Tskhinvali. In the conflict zone, the evacuation of residents began, the film crew gave people their minibus. The journalists themselves filmed a report during the battle.
Poddubny Eugene has visited Syria more than once, the first business trip to the country was in 2011. A year later, the journalist released the documentary "Battle for Syria", which was shown in many countries. Business trips to hot spots lasted many months. In 2013, the film crew and accompanying persons came under fire, the battle was filmed. The journalists miraculously survived.
Poddubny also made reports about the war in Ukraine, more than once he had to shoot from the trenches. Journalists were shot at many times. During the Maidan events, they refused to talk to the correspondents, and the new authorities of Ukraine declared war on them. Several reporters, Russian and foreign, were arrested and killed. Several journalists, including Poddubny, were declared terrorists and sentenced to death. Based on the filming of events in Ukraine, 3 documentaries were created: "Dad", "The Price of Defeat", "Farewell of the Slavs".
In 2015, Poddubny was again sent to Syria, since 2016 he became the coordinator of the charitable organization "Russian Humanitarian Mission". In November 2016, the forces of its employees began the evacuation of the population, people were taken out mainly at night. The events in Syria are described in the documentary film by Poddubny - “Aleppo. Liberation ", which was released in 2017.
Poddubny continues to work on the Russia-24 TV channel, he reports, both from the studio and from the combat zones. For his work, Eugene has many awards, including 5 state ones.
Personal life
There is very little information on the personal life of a journalist on the Web. It is known that he is not married and has no children. But Eugene has many friends. Poddubny himself claims that his job comes first.
