Anastasia Volkova - Justice for Journalists

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Anastasia Volkova

Affiliated media: DOM TV channel , Journalist

Incident date: April 28, 2022

Attack type:

  • Attempted murder

Who attacked: от военных

Source: The Institute of Mass Information (IMI)

Location: Ukraine, Luhansk Oblast, Rubizhne

Additional information:

Anastasia Volkova, the journalist for the Dom TV channel, came under fire in the partially occupied town of Rubizhne. On April 28, the camera crew came to Rubizhne to film a story about the evacuation of people. At that time, the Russians opened fire at the place where the evacuation was to begin. The journalist was wearing a bulletproof vest and a helmet with the «PRESS» stickers. Volkova reported that the attack was launched specifically at the square where the journalists were.