He became one of the documentarians of the war in Donbass, recording the crimes of the Russian military in Shyrokyne, Granitne, Berdyansk, Lebedynske and Maryinka.
In 2022, already as a serviceman of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, he continued his mission and showed the world the truth about the war through photos and videos. A year ago, an exhibition of his photographs was held in Ivano-Frankivsk.
Ruslan would have turned 55 on April 14.
According to the Institute of Mass Information, Ruslan became the 96th media person to die as a result of Russia's war against Ukraine.