Power of Truth - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Power of Truth, Center for Investigative Journalism

Incident date: May 18, 2022

Attack type:

  • Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Institute of Mass Information

Location: Ukraine, Volyn Oblast, Lutsk

Additional information:

The editorial staff of the Center for Investigative Journalism Power of Truth received a threatening letter. A letter in Russian was received on May 18 to the editorial office’s mailbox on the Internet: «Banderaites, Halychyna and Volyn are our Russian land of Rurikovich. Your building is surrounded by special forces! Resisting is pointless! Come out with your hands up and put your hands on the ground! — And you will die!». The sender of the letter was Pavel Ivanov-Ostoslavsky. The text was accompanied by pictures of Russian soldiers. According to the director of Power of Truth Yuri Horbach, such a letter came to the editorial post for the first time.

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