FREEDOM - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: FREEDOM , National TV channel

Incident date: June 25, 2025

Attack type:

Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

To fabricate a false statement attributed to Ukraine’s Minister of Justice, unidentified individuals used an artificially generated image featuring the FREEDOM TV channel’s logo. In reality, the statement is fake, and the channel’s logo was used without authorisation.

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