Mikhail Pogrebnoy

Affiliated media: TV and radio company Inform, Editor-in-chief

Incident date: November 10, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Poltava Oblast, Semenivka

Additional information:

The head of the local police department tried to break video camera of Mikhail Pogrebnoy. The incident took place during the filming of the arrested transport of one of the agricultural companies. The journalist was filming the incident when the policeman began to close view with his back. When Pogrebnoy stepped aside and continued to film, a policeman grabbed his camera, tried to break it and drove away together with it. When people stopped him - he returned the camera to the journalist.