The Committee to Defend Journalists (CPJ) has reacted to the Russian strikes on Kyiv on the night time of 27-28 August and the injury triggered to the workplaces of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), the unbiased information outlet Ukrainska Pravda and the Dnipro newspaper Mezhivskyi Merydian.
Supply: CPJ
Quote: "At present’s devastating Russian assault on Ukraine, which broken no less than three media workplaces, is a stark reminder of the dangers journalists face working and residing within the nation. The strikes present that journalists’ security stays a significant concern, no matter how far they’re from the entrance strains."
Particulars: The Committee to Defend Journalists condemned the Russian assaults and known as on Russia to instantly stop strikes on civilian infrastructure.
CPJ additionally recalled that over the course of greater than three and a half years of struggle, Russia has usually struck media workplaces throughout the nation, journalists have been injured whereas working, and their houses have been bombarded.
They confused that no less than 18 journalists and media employees have been killed whereas reporting in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion started in February 2022.
Background: Because of a large-scale mixed Russian assault on Kyiv on the night time of 27-28 August, the workplace of Ukrainska Pravda and the workplace of the Kyiv bureau of Radio Liberty had been broken.
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