Russia has allegedly committed 74 crimes against members of the press and 18 journalists have been killed since Kremlin despot Vladimir Putin on Feb. 24 ordered a renewed invasion of the neighboring country.
Internews Ukraine, a non-profit organization that promotes freedom of the press, says that an additional 13 journalists have been injured and eight abducted.
Three journalists have disappeared.
It based the data on information from the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy as of April 4.
“Russian and Ukrainian authorities must ensure that members of the press can cover the war in Ukraine safely and freely, and Russian forces must refrain from targeting journalists,” the Committee to Protect Journalists said in March.
Newsweek magazine reported on March 26 that “Russia has allegedly been involved in at least 148 instances of targeting journalists during the first month of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”
Internews says that the targeted journalists or victims include media members from Britain, the Czech Republic, the United States and Switzerland.
