Bykvu photojournalist Alexander Kuzhelny was attacked in Kiev. Aggressive guys demanded that he remove photos taken during clashes near the President's Office. When Alexander refused to do this, he was first hit with fists, and when he fell down, they kicked him..

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There was a video attack on the correspondent # of letters pic. twitter. com / DwaJsQgfdU - Letters (@Bykvu) August 14, 2021 Kyiv's message to the protest of the nationalist forces, Oleksandr Kuzhelnyi, the photo-correspondent of Bukvi, Oleksandr Kuzhelny, was beaten - became the target of the Mariinsky Park. Most attackers in the ball at the balaclavas. The stench vimagali at the correspondent's photo.

Video nadane hromadske pic. twitter. com / P3NVjfnnh2 - hromadske (@HromadskeUA) August 14, 2021 Militiamen of the Pechersk Police Department accepted a statement from the journalist about the offense.

" Police officers establish all the circumstances of the incident, as well as witnesses and eyewitnesses to the incident, "

Information about the event is included in the Unified Register of Pre-trial Investigations for h. 2 st. 345-1 (Threat or violence against a journalist) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

The sanction of the article provides for up to five years in prison.

The police stressed that the efforts of law enforcement officers are aimed at identifying the persons involved.