Thirty Ukrainian journalists - twenty-four men and six women - are being held illegally in Russia, according to the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said in a statement on Friday 19 July. The IFJ calls on the Russian authorities to release them immediately and unconditionally.
The IFJ insists that these detentions are illegal, given that “international instruments specifically protect journalists in times of war”.