Maxim Gerasimenko

Affiliated media: "NASH" TV, Journalist

Incident date: October 30, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Sumy Oblast, Sumy

Additional information:

Members of the right-wing radical organisation "Right Sector" attacked a film crew from the “NASH” TV channel (journalists Maxim Gerasimenko and Anna Ospipenko), who were working in the city as part of the project “Here is our land.” The work of the film crew was hampered by these aggressive young people, who demanded that they stop filming. They damaged their equipment and assaulted the journalists and videographer. The police intervened and helped the journalists escape to safety.