The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry threatened journalists from the German TV channel ZDF with consequences for a report on the restoration of Mariupol. A representative of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oleg Nikolenko, said that “distorting reality is not journalism” He also stated that the journalists allegedly arrived in Mari upol illegally.
“We call on ZDF to provide an official explanation. Violation of Ukrainian legislation may affect the further work of this media in Ukraine,” a Ukrainian official wrote in X.