As of May 2025, Russia committed 836 crimes against journalists and media in Ukraine. The Russian crimes committed on Ukrainian territory include murder, kidnapping, firing at and wounding journalists, attacks on TV towers, threats, attacks on media offices, cybercrimes, shutting down Ukrainian broadcasting, as well as brand theft and creating fake clones of local publications and channels to spread Russian aggressive propaganda. Furthermore, due to the full-scale war, at least 332 media outlets have had to cease their work. This happened not only in the areas affected by the hostilities or occupation but also in the relatively quieter parts of the country, due to the financial crisis caused by the war.
As of June 2025, Russians killed 107 media professionals on Ukrainian territory. 12 died while reporting, 95 died as combatants or were killed by Russian shelling or torture.
PEN Ukraine and The Institute of Mass Information (IMI) are documenting the losses among the media workers in the Russian war against Ukraine. Please, find the names of Ukrainian and international journalists killed since February 2022 here.