Russian invaders kidnap four journalists in Melitopol

Russian invaders kidnap four journalists in Melitopol

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Russian invaders kidnapped four journalists from their homes in Melitopol early on March 21.

According to Ukrinform, the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine said this in a statement on Telegram.

According to the statement, on March 21, gunmen came to the home of MV-holding journalists - publisher Mykhailo Kumok, editor Yevhenia Borian and journalists Yulia Olkhovska and Liubov Chaika - and drove them away.

Kateryna Danylina-Levochko, a Zaporizhia-based journalist and correspondent of the Industrial Zaporizhia news outlet, also reported the abduction. Tetiana Kumok, Mykhailo Kumok's daughter, also wrote about her father's abduction on social media.

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