While occupying new territories of Luhansk oblast, the Russian troops detained another (third) journalist from a local media oultet and kept her in the premises of the so-called “LPR MSS” for several days.
One of the detained journalists, whose name we are withholding for safety reasons, told an IMI representative about this in a private conversation.
After the interrogation, she ended up in a cell with her colleague, the third journalist whose detention is now known.
The occupiers offered the women three options: prison, deportation, collaboration.
As soon as they were released, the journalists were able to tell their colleagues in the free territory what had happened to them. In a few months, the women managed to escape from the occupation.
Our colleagues are not ready to tell their stories publicly yet due to fear for their families. These towns are still occupied.