Yuliia Kyriienko - attack 09.12.2025

On 9 December 2025, the Telegram channel “Kramatorskiy pishet” published a post reading:
“⚡️In one of the national telethon reports, the journalist failed to name the head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration and even mixed up the date of the recording — the level of preparation is, to put it mildly, questionable. A dubious phrase about ‘30 km to the front’ was also voiced.”

The post includes a fragment of a report from Kramatorsk that aired on the 1+1 TV channel. The author of the report is correspondent Yuliia Kyriienko. In the comments under this post, multiple examples of gendered disinformation, hate speech, and sexism targeting the journalist were recorded, including statements such as: “idiot,” “she has a booze-soaked mug,” “how did she manage to reach her age with such intelligence?”, “provocateur,” “journawhores”, and others. There are also insinuations accusing her of being “paid off” or “working off the money.”

These techniques are components of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). The likely aim is professional discreditation through ridicule, derogatory comments, and online harassment.