16/03/2022 14:22

Russian militants kill and kidnap journalists who cover the truth about Russia's military invasion of Ukraine

In the village of Gorenka, Kyiv region, a shell hit a car as a result of artillery shelling by the russian armed forces.  The injuries killed the operator of the American TV channel "Fox News", an Irish citizen Pierre Zakzewski, and fatally injured a journalist - a citizen of Ukraine Oleksandra Kuvshinova.

Two journalists, Oleg Baturin and Serhiy Tsyhypa, were abducted in the temporarily occupied towns of Kakhovka and Nova Kakhovka in the Kherson region.  Both have been actively covering the state of affairs in their cities and regions since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The killing and abduction of journalists is a gross violation of the Hague Conventions and Declaration, the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Victims of War and its Additional Protocols, and the Convention on the Laws and Customs of Land Warfare, which provide security guarantees for journalists.

I appeal to international partners, the aggressor state must be stopped by all available and possible ways!