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Перелік редакцій, які були зруйновані або пошкоджені Росією з 2022 року imi.org.ua/news/rosiya-vi…

З початку повномасштабного вторгнення Росія щонайменше 72 рази атакувала редакції українських медіа, внаслідок чого вони зазнали пошкоджень або були повністю зруйновані. Такими є дані Інституту масової інформації. Деякі редакції були атаковані декілька разів. Географія цих атак охоплює 12 регіонів, що свідчить про системний характер тиску на інформаційну інфраструктуру України. Найбільше постраждали Київ і область – 13 випадків, а також прифронтові регіони: Запорізька область (10 випадків), Сумська (9), Донецька та Дніпропетровська області (по 8). У Херсонській і Луганській областях зафіксовано переважно повне знищення редакцій, що пояснюється тривалими бойовими діями та окупацією цих територій. Найбільше атак зазнали редакції онлайн-медіа (24 випадки), друковані і телевізійні медіа (по 21 випадку). Це свідчить про цілеспрямовану стратегію Росії з підриву українського інформаційного поля – незалежно від формату медіа чи регіону. Руйнування редакцій не лише ускладнює роботу журналістів, а й обмежує доступ громадян до перевіреної інформації, особливо в прифронтових і тимчасово окупованих районах.

In 2025–2026, Russian drones (FPV drones, “Lancet”, “Molniya” drones, etc.) became the main source of mortal danger for frontline reporters. Over the past year, three journalists have been killed as a result of Russian drone attacks. According to the Institute of Mass Information, over the past four years, the Russian has committed 901 crimes against journalists and the media in Ukraine. These include at least 51 incidents of journalists coming under fire and 46 cases of journalists being injured. Read more here: imi.org.ua/en/monitorings…

🔹What types of drone detectors are there? 🔹Which drones do they protect against? 🔹How does it work in the field? Read the article by Viacheslav Ratynskyi: imi.org.ua/en/monitorings…

A drone detector is the new must-have piece of kit for frontline reporting. The closer you get to the front line in Ukraine, the more deadly Russian drones of all kinds there are. Because of this, journalists are now filming the war far less. But if you have a drone detector, your chances of escaping an FPV drone are slightly higher — it gives you time to react. Documentary photographer Viacheslav Ratynskyi shared his thoughts and experience in an article for the Institute of Mass Information. He said that western news outlets regard drone detectors with suspicion and view them as weapons that would put journalists on par with combatants. But the world has changed, the war has changed, so the rules governing journalists’ work must also change for the sake of everyone’s safety.

Please help us protect our colleague Iryna from Russian political persecution. If you require further information or clarification, feel free to email us ✉️ info@imi.org.ua 🔗 imi.org.ua/en/news/media-…

❗ Ukraine’s media organisations, civil society organisations, and the Media Movement strongly condemn the Russian court ruling sentencing journalist, Institute of Mass Information expert Iryna Zemlyana in absentia to 13 years in prison. 👉 We see this ruling as an act of politically motivated persecution for her professional work, outspoken stance, and telling the truth about Russia’s crimes. It is especially telling that Russia’s charges against her included “incitement to hatred” and “promoting fakes” about the Russian army, seeing as these Criminal Code articles have been consistently used by Russian authorities to enforce censorship, crack down on freedom of speech, and punish journalists for facts, assessments, and critical reporting. Part of the charges against Iryna Zemlyana concerned an episode that occurred during a symbolic performance at a Warsaw rally on 9 May 2022, which Russia included in the case in an attempt to make political persecution resemble a crime. However, the Polish police investigated the incident in the country where it had taken place, found no corpus delicti in it, and closed the case. This supports the idea that Russia’s prosecution of Iryna Zemlyana has less to do with justice and more with repression by the aggressor state. It is especially alarming that Russia may try and use international search mechanisms to persecute Iryna Zemlyana beyond its jurisdiction. Such actions pose a threat not just to her personally, but also to all Ukrainian journalists and media professionals documenting war crimes, exposing the aggressor, and publically calling things by their names. We call on the Ukrainian authorities, international human rights and journalist organisations to clearly and publically assess this ruling as an act of political persecution that concerns freedom of speech and journalism. We also urge them to take all possible steps to prevent the use of international legal mechanisms to put pressure on Iryna Zemlyana. We stand in solidarity with all Ukrainian journalists working under the pressure of war, repression, and transnational threats. Persecution for reporting, testifying, calling the spade a spade can not be normal in a world that considers itself democratic.

Furthermore, according to the IMI, 26 media workers remain in unlawful Russian detention. imi.org.ua/en/monitorings…

According to the Institute of Mass Information, in the four years and one month since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has committed 901 crimes against journalists and the media in Ukraine: 🔸29 civilian journalists killed (15 of them whilst on duty); 🔸46 media workers wounded; 🔸29 abductions. imi.org.ua/en/monitorings…

Journalists are a priority target for Russian forces in Ukraine. This was reported by Yevheniia Kravchuk, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy and Chair of the Temporary Investigative Commission on Russia’s Crimes Against Journalists in the Verkhovna Rada, following a closed-door meeting with law enforcement officials. According to her, this information had previously been reported by journalists themselves, and has now been confirmed by representatives of the law enforcement agencies, the Human Rights Commissioner and the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War. “A bulletproof vest marked ‘PRESS’ does not protect; it becomes a target. Russia deliberately disregards press immunity and targets those who document its crimes,” she wrote.

Russia is detaining 26 Ukrainian journalists, some of whom have been held for almost 10 years. Most have no contact with their families or the outside world, and no access to medical care. We know that many of them are being subjected to physical and psychological torture by the Russians. These journalists need publicity. It is perhaps the only thing that can bring even a slight improvement to their daily lives in Russian prisons, says journalist Dmytro Khyliuk, who spent over three years in Russian detention. He called on the media and the international community to keep illegally imprisoned journalists in the spotlight, Vechirniy Kyiv reports. After his release from Russian prison, the journalist began speaking publicly about the conditions in which Ukrainian prisoners were being held. Later, a National Guard soldier who had spent almost six months in the same cell as Khyliuk returned home and reported that the situation had changed: “The soldier said that they had stopped torturing people with 40-minutes workouts in the morning and adding some sort of oil to the slop they served as food. They had stopped playing loud music (there are speakers in the cells and corridors, and at 6:00 a.m. they would blast Soviet songs at full volume to wake us up). It would drive us crazy, because sometimes you had to shout in your neighbour’s ear just so he hears something.” He stressed that for many prisoners, any improvement in their life conditions makes a critical difference. From March 2022 to 24 August 2025, journalist Dmytro Khyliuk was detained by Russia as a civilian hostage. Russian soldiers abducted him from his home in Kozarovychi, near Kyiv, and then took him to Russia via Belarus, where he was held incommunicado and tortured. 🔗Read the story of Dmytro Khyliuk via this link: imi.org.ua/en/monitorings…

According to the Institute, since the start of the full-scale invasion, Russia has deliberately destroyed or damaged over 1,600 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine.

It is noted that the ongoing attacks on Ukraine’s cultural heritage, which is protected by UNESCO, constitute a deliberate policy by the Kremlin aimed at destroying Ukraine’s national memory and cultural identity.

Ukraine's Institute of National Remembrance has called on the public to sign an open letter to @UNESCO and its international partners demanding that Russia be expelled from the organisation.

We urge @INTERPOL_HQ and partners to reject any Red Notice requests and protect Iryna. @amnesty @hrw @freedomhouse @FrontLineHRD @pressfreedom @RSF_inter @globalfreemedia @ECPMF @article19org @EU_Commission @Europarl_EN @coe @OSCE @UN_HRC @fairtrials @rednoticemon

Read more here imi.org.ua/en/news/iryna-…

At the same time, Interpol has yet to decide whether to issue an international arrest warrant for Zemlyana at Russia's request.