News website 061.ua - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: News website 061.ua, News website

Incident date: May 26, 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 editorial staff of the Zaporizhzhya-based news website 061.ua has received another threat because of its journalistic activities. Unknown persons advised the journalists of the media to prepare warm clothes for Siberia. The journalists received a letter from the user Ulyana Gordeeva, sent from the mail service list.ru. It said: «None of the journalists and media workers who serve the criminal regime in Ukraine will escape punishment for violating the law on journalistic activities! A prison sentence awaits you! Get your warm clothes ready: Russian prisons in the North and Siberia are not so hot!».

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