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((TITLE: TV Journalists Killed in Ukraine – Kovalenko
HEAD: Rights Group: At Least 23 Journalists Killed in Ukraine War
TEASER:
PUBLISHED: 05/05/2022 at 8:40am
BYLINE: Oleksii Kovalenko
DATELINE: Washington
CAMERA: Kostiantyn Golubchyk
VIDEO EDITOR:
PRODUCER: -
SCRIPT EDITORS: KE, MAS
VIDEO FROM: VOA
TYPE: TVPKG
TRT: 3:17
VIDEO APPROVER'S INITIALS: Jepsen
UPDATE: ))
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[[Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, at least 23 journalists have been killed in the country, according to a journalists’ union. And at least seven of those deaths took place while the journalist was on the job, says the Committee to Protect Journalists. Journalists.Oleksii Kovalenko has the story, narrated by Anna Rice.]]
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The war in Ukraine has left thousands of people dead. Among them – at least 23 journalists, some of whom died while
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covering the war, according to the National Union of Journalists in Ukraine.
((Sergiy Tomilenko, Ukrainian National Union of Journalists)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((ZOOM))
“Media professionals are a direct target of the occupation forces. This is confirmed by the death of our colleagues, photographer Maksim Levin, Alexandra Kuvshinova from Fox News and others. This is confirmed by the testimony of those who were lucky enough to survive. A Swiss photographer’s car was marked as press, it had all the signs. That, however, didn’t stop Russian forces from shooting at the car, robbing it, taking the equipment and money.”
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Journalist Oksana Baulina, was killed by a rocket strike near a Kyiv mall while on assignment. The same mall had been shelled by Russian forces the day before. Her colleague Anton Naumliuk recalls the incident.
((Anton Naumliuk, Grati Editor-in-Chief)) ((IN RUSSIAN)) ((ZOOM))
“There were only rescue workers, journalists and some passers-by on site.”
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The Committee to Protect Journalists says it is difficult to prove that journalists and media staff are being killed in retaliation for their reporting.
((Carlos Martínez de la Serna, Committee to Protect Journalists)) ((ZOOM))
“We can only say whether the journalists were killed in a situation, when they were doing reporting or journalistic work. In that regard, we can say that there are at least seven journalists, where we can clearly say that their death is confirmed as they were doing reporting; they were working as journalists when it happened. But there are many more cases that need to be investigated.”
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Carlos Martínez de la Serna knows it’s not safe but says journalists are playing a vital role in documenting
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the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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((Carlos Martínez de la Serna, Committee to Protect Journalists)) ((ZOOM))
“They are bearing witness to the terrible invasion. Also, they are documenting and leaving clear documents of what’s happening for generations to come, to have a record of what happened.”
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Anastasia Stanko once worked with photojournalist
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Maksim Levin, who was killed in Ukraine in March. The former editor-in-chief says thanks to journalistic photo- and video material, the world sees the war as it is.
((Anastasia Stanko, Hromadske Journalist)) ((IN UKRAINIAN)) ((Skype))
“Some of the journalists stayed in the occupied cities, in cities under siege. They are trying to pass the information from there, to save people.”
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Even though some journalists have lost their
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lives and been detained, hundreds of others
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remain in the region, recording Russia's war
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on Ukraine.
((For Oleksii Kovalenko in
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Washington, Anna Rice, VOA News))
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Embargo DateMay 5, 2022 10:15 EDT
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
