The SBU detained two LifeNews employees in Kyiv for threatening the national security of Ukraine
Kyiv, January 30 (PolitNavigator, Alexandra Ignatieva) – The Security Service of Ukraine detained two members of the film crew of the Russian TV channel LifeNews for activities “that harm the national interests of Ukraine and are not related to journalism.”
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Advisor to the head of the SBU Markiyan Lubkivsky reported this on his Facebook page.
“Their permission to stay in Ukraine has been revoked and in the near future they will be expelled from the territory of Ukraine with a further ban on entering the country for 5 years. We regard their activities as incompatible with journalism and as such, which harms the national security and national interests of Ukraine,” he said.
“As the Chairman of the SBU, Valentin Nalyvaichenko, just said at a meeting: “Today and in the future, the SBU will act harshly and decisively against such pseudo-journalists who, in fact, discredit journalism, carry out the tasks of the Russian special services, carrying out information aggression against Ukraine. We are not at war with the media, but we will steadily stop the activities of all those who are tools in the hands of the aggressor,” Lubkivsky wrote.
The SBU detained two LifeNews employees in Kyiv for threatening Ukraine's national security.