Mstyslav Chernov is a Pulitzer Prize-winning video journalist at the Associated Press, and president of the Ukrainian Association of Professional Photographers. Since joining AP in 2014, he has covered major conflicts, social issues, and environmental crises across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Most recently, Chernov documented Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Together with longtime colleague Evgeniy Maloletka, Chernov recorded the siege of Mariupol, giving the world eyewitness accounts of the Russian attacks on the city. Chernov’s courageous reporting in Mariupol earned him the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. He was named Camera Operator of the Year in 2016 and Young Talent of the Year in 2015 by the UK’s Royal Television Society.