Yuliya Kiriyenko

Affiliated media: TV channel "1+1", Journalist

Incident date: July 20, 2023

Attack type:

• Attempted murder

Who attacked: от военных

Source: Safety of Journalists Platform

Location: Ukraine, Donetsk Oblast, Lyman, Donetsk region

Additional information:

The Ukrainian journalist Yuliya Kiriyenko sustained a mild concussion from the blast of Russian shelling while reporting near Lyman, in the Donetsk region. Kiriyenko, a reporter with TSN, a news programme with the Ukrainian broadcaster 1+1, told CPJ that she was filming a report about a Russian offensive toward the cities of Kupiansk and Lyman when the shelling occurred. The journalist was feeling fine as of 25 July.