Mykola Chyrva

Affiliated media: Pershyi Kryvorizkyi, Journalist

Incident date: July 18, 2018

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: National Union of Jour-nalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Kryvyi Rih

Additional information:

The journalist, who was working on a story about animal rights abuse, was beaten on the territory of the public utility company. An attacker identified himself as the deputy chief of the security service of the utility company.