No friend to media freedom at home, the Kremlin is now doing its best to undermine it abroad
and press badges go hand-in-hand in Ukraine. At least seven journalists have been killed in the country since the start of Russia’s war of aggression. The Committee to Protect Journalists , an American non-profit organisation, is investigating five more deaths. The true toll is probably even higher. Reporters Without Borders , an international watchdog, says 28 journalists in Ukraine have been assaulted and five have disappeared.
Most of the reporters who have died in Ukraine appear to have been caught in crossfire. Though killing journalists spreads fear, attacking media infrastructure is a better way of suppressing information.says Russian airstrikes have hit ten TV towers in Ukraine, forcing some organisations to suspend broadcasting entirely. Such attacks, assuming the towers are not being used for military broadcasts, are illegal under international law.
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