Olesia Prokopenko - attack 15.02.2024

Olesia Prokopenko, a journalist for Kordon.Media from the Sumy region runs an Instagram project called Shelter, which focuses on the state of shelters in Sumy. Under the project’s releases, she frequently faces sexist comments about her appearance. Below are examples of comments left by users on the media page under the second episode of the Shelter project:

• “I think she still needs to pump up her lips, they’re still too small”
• “Look at her lips!”
• “I saw her on TV today; it’s disgusting to watch. Her lips were even bigger than they are now”