Journalist Konstantin Ryzhenko disappeared in Kherson. A delayed message appeared in his Telegram channel, which warns that the journalist was left without communication..

“The reasons may be technical or he could have been detained by the security forces of the Russian Federation. Earlier, Konstantin reported that the Russians were looking for him in Kherson and he was forced to hide all the time,” said Konstantin Tomilenko, head of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine..

A source close to the journalist confirmed that he has not been in contact since yesterday.. I managed to get in touch with Alexandra Ryzhenko’s wife, she said that the Russian military came to the addresses of Konstantin’s relatives in Kherson at the same time, detained his brother.

In the message, Ryzhenko urges not to panic, but to continue to support his volunteer team. " But if suddenly, I will write as soon as I can,” he writes..

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Russian occupiers have no support among the population of controlled Ukrainian cities. They try to achieve loyalty by intimidating pro-Ukrainian activists and inducing journalists to cooperate.

On March 26, they kidnapped journalist Irina Dubchenko in the village of Rozovka, Pohovsky district, Zaporozhye region.. Someone from the local told about her work and volunteering. The woman was “accused” of supporting and harboring the Ukrainian military and taken to the temporarily occupied Donetsk. She has a three year old daughter.