On March 1, IPI launched a full-page ad in The Washington Post calling for solidarity with Ukraine’s journalists one year after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. March 1 marks the anniversary of the indiscriminate Russian missile attack on the Kyiv TV tower. The attack killed Yevhenii Sakun, a camera operator for the Ukrainian TV channel […]

Today, marking one year since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, IPI joins its partners in the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) in renewing our condemnation of Russia’s war of aggression. We continue to stand in solidarity with the journalists and media workers who cover the events at great risk to their […]

Among a growing list of atrocities and human costs, Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine has taken an especially heavy toll on the region’s journalists and independent media. In the year since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began, journalists in both countries have faced a surge of attacks at the hands of Russian forces and […]

In the early morning hours of February 24, 2022, Ukraine woke to the new reality of full-scale war. For the vast majority of its people, missiles and tanks were not part of daily life, despite Russia’s previous seizure of Crimea and the ongoing war in the Donbass region. The full-scale invasion brought shockwaves across Ukraine, […]