Mykhailo Tkach - Justice for Journalists

Mykhailo Tkach

Affiliated media: Ukrainska Pravda, Journalist

Incident date: November 17, 2023

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kozyn

Additional information:

Journalists were filming near a restaurant where former high-ranking employees of the Prosecutor General’s Office were seen. At one point, the guards of one of the visitors started blocking the journalists’ car and preventing them from filming. When Mykhailo Tkach got out of the car and said that he was a journalist, one of the guards deliberately hit him and struck the camera.

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