Evgeny Shinkarenko

Affiliated media: Media group Obyektiv, Cameraman

Incident date: July 14, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NSJU)

Location: Ukraine, Kharkiv Oblast, Kharkiv

Additional information:

Film crews from the channel ATN; the media group Obyektiv; and 112 kanal covered the tragic case of suicide by a local woman who had suffocated her own son. The journalists came to the site of the incident, where a relative of the deceased attacked them. At first, a man hurled himself at Evgeny Shinkarenko, the cameraman of the media group Obyekitv, striking him in the face and damaging the camera. Then he began to threatenen the ANT journalists Kristina Asitsa and cameraman Vladislav Samoylov, throwing stones. The cameraman ran to the car, but the assailant was able to catch up with him and smash the car.