Olena Mudra - attack 23.06.2025

On June 23, 2025, journalist Olena Mudra became the target of another coordinated online attack by information resources From-UA — Ukraine News and the Bagnet website. The publications groundlessly accuse her of working for the Kremlin, participating in a “syndicate of pseudo-environmentalists,” allegedly blocking the development of green energy in the Zakarpattia region, and collaborating with Russian organizations.

Journalist Olena Mudra has been called a “Kremlin agent” and is publicly accused of treason, working for the enemy, and “lobbying for Russian interests” with no evidence to support these claims. This undermines her professional reputation and causes public condemnation and hatred.

The visual manipulation was particularly widespread — an edited image where Mudra and other figures are depicted in the Russian military uniform, captioned “Ruscist Lobby in Zakarpattia.” This is accompanied by a post about “treason,” “the poisoned future of the Carpathians” and innuendos about alleged funding by Russia. This image is an example of gender-based online-violence.

“This time the publication contains my personal data, including my place of birth. That is, they used information that is not public, thus, somebody committed abuse of office and provided this information to ensure continued pressure on me and persecution due to my professional journalistic activities,” said Olena Mudra. 

Previously, both of the aforementioned online resources had already published aticles that contained signs of targeted online attacks: they also accused Olena Mudra of allegedly working in the interests of the Russian Federation.