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Ukrainian journalists complain to G7 ambassadors about pressure and threats

The ambassadors of the Group of Seven countries to Ukraine met with a number of Ukrainian journalists to discuss the challenges and threats they face today. This was reported on the official X-channel of the embassies, as well as by the journalists themselves, reports

The meeting was attended by Kyiv Independent editor-in-chief Olha Rudenko, Bihus.Info Denys Bigus, co-founder of Nashi Hroshi Yuriy Nikolov, executive director of Ukrayinska Pravda Andriy Boborykin, editors-in-chief of NV and Detector Media Vitaliy Sych and Nataliya Lyhachova, chairman of the board of Suspilne Mykola Chernotytskyi, head of Interfax-Ukraine news agency Oleksandr Martynenko, deputy director general of Ukrinform Maryna Syngaivska, political analyst Vitaliy Portnikov, and director of the Institute of Mass Information Oksana Romaniuk.

“Insightful meeting of #G7 ambassadors with Ukrainian journalists. Freedom of the media is a fundamental key to a successful democracy,”

– the message reads.

The journalists themselves wrote that they had “complained” to the ambassadors about systematic pressure.

“The Ukrainian media community has complained of systematic pressure following a series of campaigns to discredit independent journalists, often supported by anonymous pro-government Telegram channels. Ukrainian and international media have called on Kyiv to identify those responsible and bring them to justice,”

– kyiv Independent wrote.

According to Ukrayinska Pravda, the last two attacks on journalists consisted of surveillance by the secret services of a team of investigative journalists from Bihus.info and a campaign against journalist Yuriy Nkolov, who had uncovered irregularities in the procurement of the Ministry of Defence.