Volodymyr Mostovy

Affiliated media: Newspaper "Dzerkalo Tyzhnia", Co-founder

Incident date: December 15, 2025

Attack type:

• Wiretapping / surveillance without a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Censor.net

Location: Ukraine, Kyiv Oblast, Kyiv

Additional information:

During searches conducted as part of a major corruption scandal involving members of the Ukrainian president’s inner circle, investigators discovered files containing personal information on nine Ukrainian journalists. Most of those listed are investigative reporters who cover corruption. The list of journalists who were illegally monitored includes: Maryna Ansiforova (COSA Intelligence Solutions, LIGA.net), Yurii Butusov (platoon commander of the 13th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Khartia" and editor-in-chief of Censor.NET), Stanislav Rechinskyi (editor-in-chief of ORD), Volodymyr Fedorin (editor-in-chief of Forbes Ukraine), Olha Chaika (editor of Forbes Ukraine), Yurii Nikolov (co-founder of the NashiGroshi project), Andrii Kulykov (chairman of the Commission on Journalistic Ethics). In addition, the list included two media figures who have since died: the founder of Dzerkalo Tyzhnia, Volodymyr Mostovyi, and investigative journalist Oleksa Shalayskyi.