On the evening of August 11, while a camera crew of the Ukrainian Witness project was filming the aftermath of the shelling in Avdiivka, Donetsk Region, the Russians opened artillery fire. Fortunately, both the journalists and the soldier accompanying them remained unharmed. The men say that the invaders deliberately targeted them, knowing that media workers were in the crosshairs.
Коли ввечері 11 серпня знімальна група Ukrainian Witness фіксувала наслідки “прильотів” у Авдіївці, що на Донеччині, росіяни відкрили по ній прицільний вогонь з артилерії. На щастя, і журналісти, і військовослужбовець, який їх супроводжував, залишилися неушкодженими. Чоловіки кажуть - окупанти били навмисне, знаючи, що перед ними медійники.
At the end of July, Russians kidnapped Oleksiy Kyseliov in the occupied port city of Henichesk, Kherson Region. After being tortured to obtain a confession, the man was taken to Crimea, where the FSB falsely accused him of involvement in a Crimean Tatar battalion. Oleksiy is now in the Simferopol pre-trial detention center; the fabricated case could result in him spending 15 years in a penal colony.