Affiliated media: News website 061.ua, Online media
Incident date: June 2, 2022
Attack type:
- Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-
Who attacked: Unknown sources
Source: Institute of Mass Information
Location: Ukraine, Zaporizhia Oblast, Zaporizhzhya
Additional information:
The Zaporizhzhya-based website 061.ua has received another threatening letter from Russia. The media staff is threatened with imprisonment and colonies in Siberia. The editorial staff received a letter on June 2 from the user Mikhail Kotov from the mail.ru service. «If you are not afraid of being imprisoned in penal colonies of the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service on the territory of the Siberian Federal District, you can continue to propagandize the Ukrainian regime. At least prepare warm clothes, because your long holiday to prison will be cold!», — the letter reads. On June 6, the editorial staff also received a letter from the user Vladislav Pavlov. In it, the journalists were threatened with imprisonment for their professional activities.