The Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, has denounced the killings of journalists Roman Nezhyborets and Zoreslav Zamoysky whose bodies were found by residents of the Ukranian village of Yahidne, near Chernihiv, and the town of Bucha, near Kyiev, after Russian forces withdrew at the end of March.
“I deplore the killings of Roman Nezhyborets and Zoreslav Zamoysky,” said Azoulay in a statement that urged local authorities to probe their killings and bring the perpetrators to justice.
“The importance of reporters’ work informing local populations and the world of events on the ground in times of war cannot be overstated and their safety must be respected, in line with international law and the Geneva Conventions," the statement underlined
Nezhyborets was a video technician for the television broadcaster Dytynets. Zamoysky was a freelance contributor to local news media including Information Portal and Hromada Priirpinnia, who covered the war on his Facebook page. The exact dates of their killings are unclear.
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