Vitaly Portnikov

Affiliated media: Journalist

Incident date: January 16, 2025

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Vitaly Portnikov (Facebook Page)

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kiev

Additional information:

Ukrainian journalist Vitaly Portinkov has been subjected to a wave of aggression and mass circulation of slander against him online, caused by a quote from one of his interviews, deliberately taken out of context to make it sound like he said 'only ordinary citizens should fight'. Portnikov commented that similar tactics are often used by the Russian FSB.