Kyrylo Ovsyany

Affiliated media: Schemy, Journalist

Incident date: October 4, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Svoboda

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

The Schemy film crew was attacked in the state bank «Ukreximbank» while recording the interview with the chairman of the board of this financial institution Yevhen Metsger right in his office. Metsger did not like one of the journalists' questions, after which he ordered the guards to «snatch the cameras» and «take out the tapes». The bank employees physically assaulted the cameraman of Schemy Oleksander Mazur, snatched two cameras from him, took away the flash drives on which the recording was made, and deleted the recorded footage.