Yulia Boychenko

Affiliated media: News website "MykVisti", Journalist

Incident date: December 18, 2025

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Institute of Mass Information

Location: Ukraine, Mykolaiv Oblast, Mykolaiv

Additional information:

Yulia Boychenko, journalist with the news website MykVisti, faced harassment on social media following the release of her news story about Mykolaiv’s new water supply system, which she wrote after a tour organised by the Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration. Local activist Valeriy Prud made a Facebook post featuring the journalist’s photo and making allegations against her. The news outlet views this as public pressure and a smear attempt in retaliation for Boychenko’s professional reporting. The news story in question was released on 17 December 2025, following a tour organised by the Mykolaiv OMA: the journalists were shown around water intake facilities and given an overview of the water purification process.