Valentin Bannykh
Affiliated media: Vesti.ua, Journalist
Incident date: June 15, 2020
Attack type:
- Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Vesti.ua
Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kiev
Additional information:
A support group of the Odessa activist Sergei Sternenka, who was suspected by the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) of premeditated murder, interfered in the work of journalists. For their part, law-enforcement agents, claiming they had to provide security, began to push several journalists out of the courtoom.