Andriy Volodymyrovych Yusov (Ukrainian: Андрі́й Володи́мирович Ю́сов; born 1983) is a Ukrainian activist and politician. Since 2022, he has served as the press representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.[1]
Biography
On 17 September 2001, he organized a rally in Odesa in memory of murdered Georgian-Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze.[2]
On 29 April 2012, Yusov coordinated the opening of a monument to Ukrainian peasants who were killed by the Red Army during the rebellion of the Kholodny Yar Republic.[4]
On 19 September 2014, there was an assassination attempt against Yusov.[8] After being detained, the attacker claimed his actions were an attempt to take revenge for Yusov's activities during the 2014 Odesa clashes.[9] The attacker was sentenced to 15 years in prison.[10] On 19 September 2015, Yusov was beaten in the town Zatoka by people with pro-Russian views, reportedly because of him responding to the greeting "Glory to Ukraine!" by saying "Glory to the heroes!".[11]
