Affiliated media: TV channel Channel 7, Journalist

Incident date: December 19, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: National Union of Journalists of Ukraine

Location: Ukraine, Odesa Oblast, Odesa

Additional information:

While covering the events at the accident scene, the camera crew of the local TV channel Channel 7 was attacked. The owner of the damaged car and her acquaintance tried to obstruct the professional activities of the journalists. First, they aggressively attacked the cameraman, preventing him from filming the scene. Then, the woman snatched the cell phone from the journalist's hands, tried to delete the video, and then threw it on the ground.