Investigative journalists in Ukraine came under two attacks in just the past week, one involving a threatening home visit and another using covert surveillance. The two incidents are the latest in a series of discrediting campaigns against independent Ukrainian media, often supported by anonymous pro-government Telegram channels, raising concerns about increasing pressure on press freedom in wartime Ukraine. “These are not ordinary cases when journalists are obstructed by (someone’s) security guards, for example, or not allowed to go somewhere,” Oksana Romaniuk, the head of the Institute of Mass Information, a Ukrainian NGO monitoring violations of freedom of speech, told the Kyiv Independent.
Dmytro Tyshlek, the deputy chief of the National Police, whom journalists found to have alleged connections with Russia, wrote a letter of resignation. Source: Ukraine's National Police in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Details: Tyshlek submitted his letter of resignation "upon his own request".
Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday night pushed back on a military request to mobilise 500,000 men to join the fight against Russia amid reports of a mounting spat between Ukraine’s generals and politicians.
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Dmytro Tyshlek, the deputy chief of the National Police, has been allowed to go back to work after an internal audit, conducted when journalists discovered possible links between him and Russia, found no reason to dismiss him.