{"id":924269,"date":"2026-04-28T14:54:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/924269\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:54:22","slug":"russia-kills-over-400-artists-and-media-workers-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/924269\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia kills over 400 artists and media workers in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UKRAINE<\/strong>, Apr. 28 \u2014 Russian forces killed 349 artists and 137 Ukrainian and international media workers in Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian full-scale invasion, <a href=\"https:\/\/mincult.gov.ua\/news\/mksk-prodovzhuye-fiksuvaty-imena-mytcziv-ta-medijnykiv-yaki-zagynuly-cherez-vijnu\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry said that this data not only indicates the scale of the losses, but also points to the recurring nature of tragic events in Ukraine:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cJust as the Stalinist regime killed a generation of Ukrainian artists in the 1920s and early 1930s (this period in Ukrainian history is called \u2018Executed Renaissance\u2019 \u2014 ed.), today, Russia is systematically killing Ukraine\u2019s cultural figures.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Also, the Ministry noted that Russia\u2019s systematic crimes against journalists and the media pose a serious threat to freedom of speech and information security, and undermine democratic values and human rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In October 2025, a Russian FPV drone <a href=\"https:\/\/gwaramedia.com\/en\/russian-fpv-drone-kills-french-photojournalist-injures-kharkivs-photographer-in-donetsk-oblast\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\">killed<\/a> French photojournalist Antoni Lallican and injured Heorgiy Ivanchenko, Ukrainian photojournalist.<\/p>\n<p>Read more<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Russian forces <a href=\"https:\/\/gwaramedia.com\/en\/russian-forces-resume-active-assaults-north-of-kharkiv-oblast-in-different-direction\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\">resume<\/a> active assaults north of Kharkiv oblast in different direction<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbeded\">\u26a1 The fifth year of the Russian full-scale invasion started, so <strong>it\u2019s been four years since most of us here at our Kharkiv-based newsroom became war reporters<\/strong>. Please consider supporting our journalism via a <a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/gwaramedia\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>one-time donation<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 or <a href=\"https:\/\/buymeacoffee.com\/gwaramedia\/membership\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>join our community<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1262\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/frame-10-1262x388.png.webp.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-227049 lazy\"  data-\/><\/p>\n<p>If you have found an error, highlight the necessary fragment and press Shift + Enter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UKRAINE, Apr. 28 \u2014 Russian forces killed 349 artists and 137 Ukrainian and international media workers in Ukraine&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":924270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,38380,7661,657,216751,53564],"class_list":["post-924269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ukraine","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-journalist","tag-russia-ukraine-war","tag-ukraine","tag-ukrainian-artists","tag-ukrainian-culture"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116482910954633833","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/924270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}