On 5 and 6 July 2026, Russian attacks damaged the premises of several Ukrainian media outlets in Kyiv and Kramatorsk, including Channel 5, Novyny Kramatorska and the newspaper Pryvit, according to local media and media monitoring groups. No one was injured in the attacks.
In Kyiv, the premises of Channel 5 were damaged during a Russian attack overnight on 6 July. The outlet said the strike caused significant material damage but that no staff members were injured. Key content production infrastructure was damaged, including the broadcaster’s studio, part of its filming equipment and journalists’ workstations. Due to the technical damage, Channel 5 said it could not quickly resume television broadcasting and would temporarily continue working on YouTube.
In Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Russian forces launched an airstrike at around 05:00 on 5 July. Aerial bombs struck near the building on Druzhby Street where the offices of Novyny Kramatorska, Novyny Kramatorskoho Raionu and the newspaper Pryvit were located. The outlets reported that this was not the first attack on the building, but that the latest damage was much more severe.
The blast wave again blew out and damaged windows that had only recently been partially restored. The building façade, stairwell, entrance windows and doors to the floor where the editorial offices are located were also damaged. Because of the scale of the destruction, staff were initially unable to enter the premises to fully assess the damage.
Oleksandr Tolstohuzov, founder of Novyny Kramatorska, said the offices of Novyny Kramatorska and Pryvithad been “practically completely destroyed” by Russian aerial bombs.
Andriy Hryn, chief editor of Novyny Kramatorskoho Raionu, said this was another attack on the work of independent local media. He said the strikes damaged premises, equipment and documents, but added that the journalists would continue working and informing residents of Kramatorsk, Kramatorsk district and Donetsk region.