War correspondent Anna Kaliuzhna views the abusive messages she has been receiving following a post criticising the Ukrainian Armed Forces commanders as pressure and an attempt at intimidation, Kaliuzhna told the Institute of Mass Information journalist Valentyna Troyan.
“I know that in reality this is pressure and an attempt at intimidation in a nicer wrapper. But, given that the National Police ‘shoved’ the case involving real death threats and rape threats to me and my family, organised by the assault brigade No. 3 commander Kukharchuk off to a Mykolaiv oblast village and Kukharchuk himself has been promoted, what hope I have that this time the authorities’ response will be any different?” Anna Kaliuzhna said.
She added that she would post more screenshots and arguments as to why she believes the campaign was coordinated by the army unit, rather than being a matter of the servicemembers’ “personal opinion”, within the next 24 hours.
IMI is willing to present the perspectives of other parties mentioned in the news story.
On 6 March 2026, war correspondent Anna Kaliuzhna received over 150 abusive messages after a post criticising the command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. On 19 June 2024, war correspondent Anna Kaliuzhna said she had received death threats to herself and her parents. According to the war reporter, the threats were made after a conflict with an Assault Brigade No. 3 battalion commander Dmytro Kukharchuk. The police later opened an investigation into the incident.