Dmytro Barkar and Ihor Iskhakov attacked and detained
Barkar and Iskhakov were in downtown Kyiv providing RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, known locally as Radio Svoboda, live video coverage of the violent protests on January 20 when they were attacked by members of the elite Berkut police force. The two were separated and held for five hours without access to a phone or legal aid after being beaten and struck on the head and body with batons.