ウクライナで10月に14件の表現の自由侵害、10月はロシアの攻撃以外

なぜ重要か

The monitoring shows that threats to media activity came from both Russia’s aggression and domestic restrictions on journalists. The deaths of five media workers in October and the cumulative toll of 144 since the beginning of the full-scale invasion highlight the risks facing journalists covering the war. Restrictions on access to public information were the largest category of non-war-related violations, while Russian attacks damaged media facilities and disrupted news production even when no employees were injured.

何が起きたか

The Institute of Mass Information recorded 14 violations of freedom of expression in Ukraine in October. Four were attributed to Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, and ten were attributed to Ukrainian citizens or institutions. The ten non-war-related cases included restrictions on access to public information, threats, physical force and limits on journalists’ freedom of movement. In one Kyiv incident, a woman threatened the Espresso film crew, grabbed journalists by the arms and tried to damage their camera and equipment.

Russian attacks also damaged three media properties. The Suspilne Zaporizhzhia crew was attacked by Russian FPV drones in Kushuhum on October 6 while documenting the aftermath of earlier shelling; one drone struck near the crew’s vehicle, and the journalists spent more than three hours unable to leave the village. A Russian ballistic strike damaged the Suspilne Zaporizhzhia branch building in Zaporizhzhia, breaking windows and doors, while a missile attack on the night of October 19 damaged the Zakon i Biznes newspaper office in Kyiv. A Russian unmanned aerial vehicle attack on the VIZYT television channel building in Kremenchuk caused a fire and significant destruction. VIZYT temporarily stopped producing newscasts because of damage to equipment and infrastructure but continued broadcasting. Seven employees were in safe locations during the attack and no one was injured.

Five media workers were reported killed during October: YouTuber Kyrylo Soloshenko on October 15, former IRT-Poltava and Misto Plus cameraman Vasyl Velychko on October 16, and military service member, photographer and videographer Volodymyr Obertas in Kherson on October 27. Obertas was escorting military correspondents while filming independently and had produced drone footage showing the scale of the tragedy in temporarily occupied Oleshky. Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, 144 media workers have been killed, including 15 while performing professional duties.

ウクライナメディアの見方

Ukrainian coverage centers the Institute of Mass Information’s monthly monitoring and distinguishes violations connected with Russia’s aggression from domestic restrictions affecting journalists. It gives particular attention to media workers killed while covering the war, damage to newsrooms, and concrete forms of obstruction such as selective accreditation, refusals to provide documents, threats and physical force. The reports also identify the actors involved, including private individuals, officials, law enforcement personnel and administrators of state institutions.

海外メディアの見方

The English-language summary emphasizes the monthly count of violations, their division between war-related and non-war-related cases, damage to three media properties and the cumulative death toll of media workers since the full-scale invasion. It also highlights operational consequences, including disrupted filming, damaged facilities and infrastructure, and a temporary halt in newscast production while broadcasting continued.

背景

The Institute of Mass Information monitors violations of freedom of expression and journalists’ rights in Ukraine. Restrictions on access to information included selective accreditation, exclusion from public events and refusals to provide documents. Non-war-related violations were recorded in Rivne, Volyn, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Khmelnytskyi, Ternopil and Kirovohrad regions, with two access-restriction cases in Khmelnytskyi region. In Kropyvnytskyi, journalists were not admitted to cover the election of the rector of Central Ukrainian State University. The State Bureau of Investigation cited Article 222 of the Criminal Procedure Code when refusing information to Detector Media about its investigation into surveillance of Bihus.Info journalists.