113 media workers killed in Ukraine by Russian occupiers
6 June 22:14
One hundred and thirteen media professionals have been killed in Ukraine by Russian occupiers since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2014, including 106 since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion in 2022. This is evidenced by the monitoring data of the Institute of Mass Information, published on Journalist’s Day, "Komersant Ukrainian" reports
“Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, Ukraine has lost dozens of journalists, both Ukrainian and foreign. They were brave people who risked their lives to tell the truth about Russia’s crimes to the world… In addition, some media professionals left the profession to become military officers to protect the country from the Russian invasion,” said Kateryna Dyachuk, head of IMI’s Freedom of Speech Monitoring Department.
In total, since 2014, 15 media professionals have been killed in the line of duty, 14 as civilian victims and 84 as combatants.
Of the 15 killed in the line of duty, six were Ukrainian and nine were foreign journalists, three were women and 12 were men.
According to the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications, as of May, since the beginning of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the war has claimed the lives of 205 artists and 106 Ukrainian and foreign media workers.
