IN THE RING OF FIRE

Authors & Editors

Authors & Editors

In the Ring of Fire: Defense of Luhansk Airport was first published in Ukrainian in 2018.

Authors: S. Hlotov, A. Hlotova, Yu. Rudenko, I. Hrabovska, D. Putiata

The English-language edition was published in 2025.

Translated and edited by: A. Hlotova, A. Hunter, Yu. Okulova

Presentation of the Ukrainian-language book in 2018 in Lviv; the team of authors and the commander of the defense of Luhansk Airport, Major General Andrii Kovalchuk

 

Our team of authors and editors:

  • Serhii HLOTOV

    PhD in Biology, project inspirer, volunteer, former head of the “People’s Support for ATO Warriors” charitable foundation (existed till 2021), former activist of the Luhansk Euromaidan

  • Anastasiia HLOTOVA

    Translator, volunteer, former coordinator of the foundation’s information and educational projects, former activist of the Luhansk Euromaidan.

  • Iryna HRABOVSKA

    Writer, blogger

  • Yurii RUDENKO

    Reserve officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Deputy Head of the Lviv Center for Assistance to Combatants, Commander of the 1st Air Assault Company of the 1st Air Assault Battalion of the 80th Separate Air Assault Brigade (from June 2014 – Acting Commander, from October 2014 to July 2017 – Commander), participant in the defense of Luhansk Airport, participant in combat operations in 2022–2024

  • Dmytro PUTIATA

    Former military researcher at Censor.NET, serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since 2022

  • Andrea C. HUNTER

    Author, editor, producer, composer.

  • Yuliia OKULOVA

    Translator, copywriter, volunteer

  • Oleksandra LIASHENKO

    Doctor of Economics, professor, volunteer, ideological inspirer, and coordinator of the project on the reissue of the book in English