Olexiy Vorontsov - Justice for Journalists

Olexiy Vorontsov

Affiliated media: National Public Broadcasting Company of Ukraine, Engineer

Incident date: May 18, 2022

Attack type:

  • Abduction, taking captive / hostage, illegal deprivation of liberty

Who attacked: от военных

Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Kherson Oblast, Kherson

Additional information:

Russian soldiers kidnapped an engineer of a branch of the Kherson Public Broadcaster from his home in occupied Kherson. This was reported to the company's management by Olexiy's wife. It is unknown where the employee of the Public Broadcaster is now.

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