About this in his Facebook wrote the head of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine Sergey Tomilenko.
"In the town of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, an attack was made on the film crew of the Capri channel," he wrote.
According to him, on August 1, the staff of the channel tried to enter the premises of the Pokrovsky Council of Veterans, where the headquarters of one of the parties is located.
He noted that “the journalist was pushed away, the equipment was damaged, and the operator was attacked and kept in isolation for some time”.
Tomilenko added that a criminal case was opened on the fact of the incident to prevent journalistic activities.
Earlier, special forces were deployed to Pokrovsk because of the protest. Also, the police took under protection the building of the local electoral commission.