In Kharkiv, participant of meeting for foundation of condominium broke journalist's elbow and cell phone

On June 29 in Kharkiv, the journalist of the online media outlet “Nakypilo” sustained a broken elbow and his cell phone was smashed by a participant of the condominium founding meeting that the journalist was attending, the media outlet’s website reports.

The meeting turned to be heated and scandalous, and the journalist tried to record it with his cell phone, so the participants of the scandal hit him and made him drop his phone. The journalist called police, but by the time it arrived, the attacker left already. The journalist filed an official complaint to the police, supplemented with footage he managed to take.

The media outlet contacted the attacker, who claims that the journalist is lying, and that there was no conflict, and also denies that he was in fault for anything.