BAJ joined the action in memory of journalists who died in the war in Ukraine

The action was attend­ed by Deputy Chair of the Belaru­sian Asso­ci­a­tion of Jour­nal­ists Barys Haret­s­ki. He hon­ored the mem­o­ry of Ukrain­ian cam­era­man Yevge­ny Sakun.

49-year-old Evge­ny Sakun worked for the Ukrain­ian TV chan­nel LIVE. On March 1, 2022, he cov­ered the Russ­ian inva­sion of Ukraine and died under fire from Russ­ian troops near the Kyiv TV tow­er. The body of the jour­nal­ist was iden­ti­fied by a press card.

“The war in Ukraine is a ter­ri­ble crime of Rus­sia. The Belaru­sian peo­ple and Belaru­sian jour­nal­ists are in full sol­i­dar­i­ty with the Ukraini­ans and admire the courage and pro­fes­sion­al­ism of their Ukrain­ian col­leagues. Every per­son who suf­fered and died in this war is impor­tant to us. We can­not for­get this tragedy! Every day we stand togeth­er with the Ukrain­ian peo­ple and Ukrain­ian col­leagues,” said Barys Haret­s­ki.