He was previously the Euromaidan press centre organiser[1] and senior spokesperson for Volodymyr Zelenskyy's successful 2019 presidential election campaign.

The center engaged in communication activities and became not only a place where foreign journalists could find help, but also the birth of Euromaidan PR, which played an important role in the information campaign of the protesters, and thanks to which broadcasting in seven languages began on various media platforms.

[1] For his participation in the events of the Revolution of Dignity, he received the Order of Merit III degree, which was presented to him by Petro Poroshenko in February 2019.

During the first 6 months of the Russian-Ukrainian war, he worked in the occupied part of Donbas, covering the crimes of Russian mercenaries and pro-Russian separatists.

During the early days of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with other People's Deputies, he was photographed patrolling the streets of Kyiv armed with a Kalashnikov.

[8] In March 2022, Yurash's close friend, Oleksandra Kuvshynova, was killed when the car that she was in was hit by Russian shelling.