Valeriy Bakus

Affiliated media: "Dom" ("Home") TV , Journalist

Incident date: October 22, 2021

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Zaxid.net

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

Valeriy Bakus, a correspondent for the state TV channel “Dom”, reported that the Ukrainian Security Service did not allow him to enter Terminal D of the Boryspil' airport due to the fact that his passport was issued in the Donetsk region. On 22 October, he was set to cover the arrival of a plane carrying US military aid to Ukraine. The day before, he received accreditation for the event from the press service of the Ministry of Defence, but later learned that this had not been approved by the SBU. As a result, the journalist was asked to go through additional interrogation stages. Taking this into account, the channel's management decided to change the film crew set up.