I previously shared information that we learned about a press tour, or rather a propaganda tour, for a number of foreign media, organized by the Ministry of Defense of the russian federation, which took these journalists to Avdiivka and Kurakhove, Ukraine’s foreign ministry spokesperson Heorhii Tykhyi said in a statement.
We have repeatedly warned the media about such tours, so everyone knows very well that these tours are not only illegal, because they involve crossing the Ukrainian state border in violation of international law and national legislation, but also simply immoral, because Ukrainian journalists are currently imprisoned in russia, and are continuing to be killed and injured by russia at the front lines. Since the start of the full-scale war, russia has committed over 800 crimes against journalists and media in Ukraine.And at a time like this, some individuals still choose to go hand in hand with the russian occupiers to shoot a video in the occupied territories in violation of the law. Today, I will disclose the list of media outlets that stained themselves with this so that it will be a lesson for them, and hopefully for all other media outlets too.
And this, well, no offense, but these are simply those who went. I understand that maybe some of their colleagues are here, or they will see this video, but we are simply naming those who were identified. This is AFP, the great L’Agence France-Presse, the Associated Press, AP, Télévision Française 1, TF1, Al-Arabiya and Al-Haddad, Turkish Milliyet, One America, and Chinese media Phoenix.We are gradually identifying them, because some tried to hide a little after our statements, but you can’t hide from us. What do I want to say in this regard? This is undoubtedly a list of shame. And we have already initiated appropriate actions from our side.
