Russian troops struck central Izium in early March 2022, damaging the office of the local newspaper Obriyi Iziumshchyny, chief editor Kostyantyn Hryhorenko told the Institute of Mass Information’s regional representative Yulia Napolska.
Hryhorenko said that 11 windows and two doors in the building had been broken and the roof had been damaged. The office was looted after the strike: about 10 thousand dollars worth of equipment was stolen. Hryhorenko added that Russian soldiers had lived in the building while the city was occupied.
The building remains in disrepair as of April 2026. The team has repeatedly boarded up the broken windows themselves, which were broken again twice, and installed an awning over the roof.
The building where the office was located is a local historical monument which Obriyi Iziumshchyny has rented for 20 years.