Halyna Dobrovolskaya

Affiliated media: Radio "On Khvily Korsun" ("On the Wave of Korsun") , Director

Incident date: August 31, 2021

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Cherkasy Oblast, Korsun'-Shevchenkivs'kyi

Additional information:

During the city council session, Halyna Dobrovolskaya had her voice recorder stolen from her desk. The journalist is a deputy of the city council herself, and during the sessions, she sits in the hall and puts the voice recorder on the desk to record the deputies' speeches. Dobrovolskaya filed a complaint with the National Police and insisted on intentional obstruction of journalistic activities. The journalist suspects of this crime two deputies of the city council (Oleksander Kirichenko and Vitaly Storozhuk) who put moral pressure on Dobrovolskaya during the session.