Pavel Gunzhel

Affiliated media: Khroniky Hromad (Communities’ Chronicles) , Editor-in-chief

Incident date: June 17, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: The Institute of Mass Information (IMI)

Location: Ukraine, Poltava Oblast, Butenky

Additional information:

Pavel Gunzhel, editor-in-chief of the Khroniky Hromad (Communities’ Chronicles) newspaper, said that his car had been burned. He associated the arson attack with his journalistic activities. «The materials that the media is preparing relate to the theft of minerals (clay and sand) on the territory of the Poltava region by one company that violates construction norms and labour laws. On the day the car was set on fire, I came from a quarry, where I blocked traffiс, prevented the sand extractioт, and called the police».