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Sun 27 March 2022:
Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Iryna Venediktova revealed, on Saturday, that 12 journalists had been killed in the Russian war, and another 10 had been injured.
“To reveal the truth about Putin’s aggression to the world is deadly – 12 journalists have already been killed in the war. They covered the war crimes of the Russian Federation and became victims. Another 10 media representatives received injuries with varying severity levels,” she wrote on Facebook.
Розкривати світові правду про путінську агресію смертельно небезпечно – на війні загинуло вже 12 журналістів, ще 10 отримали тілесні ушкодження. Захист журналістів — пріоритет Офісу Генпрокурора @GP_Ukraine , особливо сьогодні. pic.twitter.com/AdxZt3q7Mz
— Iryna Venediktova (@VenediktovaIV) March 26, 2022
On Saturday, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation committed crimes against at least 56 media representatives, 15 of them are citizens of other states, according to the Unified Register of Pretrial Investigations.
The reports mentioned that four UK citizens, two Czech citizens, two Danish citizens, two UAE citizens, one Swiss citizen, two U.S. citizens have been injured, one of whom died. An Irish citizen and a Russian citizen also died.
“Just yesterday, while filming the evacuation from the bombed-out and depleted Chernihiv, the car of the film crews of the 1 + 1 TV channel and the Turkish TRT World came under fire,” Venediktova said.
“Journalist Andriy Tsaplienko, who in his professional life has been in more than one war, and now is covering the super-violent war in their native country, has been injured by the shrapnel,” she noted.
“An investigation into the violation of rules of the warfare by the invaders from the Russian Federation was launched over this attack.”
In the same vein, law enforcement officers have reported at least seven cases of shelling, destruction or damage to television towers and television and radio companies.
The Prosecutor General said 148 illegal actions have already been committed against journalists and media in Ukraine since the beginning of the large-scale invasion.
SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES
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