Sun Defense Jerome Starkey pledged to continue to cover Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine after issuing an arrest memo from Russia.
Starki suggested that he takes the arrest warrant very seriously by returning to Ivan Geckovic, Wall Street Journal, who was imprisoned in Russia for more than a year before returning to the United States in the exchange of prisoners last year.
The Russian Federal Security Service obtained an arrest warrant against Starki due to his “exclusive global” reports in August last year when it was He traveled to Kursk inside Russia, accompanied by a photographer and Ukrainian forces. Ukraine’s incursion has been described as the largest foreign attack on Russian territory since World War II.
Russia also put Starkeny on an international required list.
Sun Editor Victoria Newton said: “The sun stands in the fixed support of our defense editor, Jerome Starki, after an arrest order by the Russian state,” said Sun Editor Victoria Newton.
“Jerome is a award -winning journalist, and the courageous frontal reports of Ukraine have been constantly revealed about the crimes of Russian war.
“This procedure by a dormant Russian court is a flagrant attempt to make it silent and suppress the free press from reporting the horrific facts of the war.
“Jerome’s commitment to press integrity is unparalleled. He has combined himself with the Ukrainian army, as the readers were provided with eyewitnesses and strong reports based on facts that convey the real horror of the conflict.
“This arrest warrant comes after Jerome became the first journalist in the United Kingdom to present a report from occupied Russia since William Howard has covered the Crimea in 1856.
“It emphasizes the vital importance of free pressure in the accountability of authoritarian and criminal systems.”
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Jerome Starki: Russia is trying to intimidate me and other journalists
Starki himself said: “It is good to feel the desire-but the Russian courts have a form of imprisonment for people on an expected charge, as happened to my colleague Ivan Geshvich.
“This is clear that this is an attempt to close anyone who criticizes the Russian invasion of Ukraine – which will not work.
“They are trying to intimidate me and other journalists who cover this brutal war.
“But it is very important for journalists to shed light on the terrible invasion of Vladimir Putin for Ukraine. The sun will continue to do so.
“Our work to report the illegal action of Putin and the suffering that has accumulated on the people of Ukraine.
“I would like to suggest that Vladimir Putin and his regime have bigger things that worry about the work of British journalists who say the truth about this war.”
Sun and Starkey received support from the UK government. “Just another example of the desperate speech from the government of Putin. Of course, we condemn it,” said Prime Minister Kiir Starmer.
He added that the British journalists “highlight some of the darkest pillars of the world, and revealed the atrocities.
“The Jerome Starki’s award -winning reports from Ukraine, which offer the details of the illegal war of Russia to millions of readers, are not different.
And if the Kremlin cannot bear the British newspaper, which highlights the brave defense of Ukraine from its freedom, then Putin must retreat his tanks, withdraw his forces, and end the suffering of the Ukrainian and Russian people.
“We will always stand with Ukraine, and we will always stand alongside free press and fear.”
Starkey made trips, adding up to more than six months in total, to Ukraine since Russia began to invade it widely in February 2022.
Press Gazette told one year of conquest that “he was afraid in many points – especially on the first day, especially in those first few days. It started to reduce, but that first period of war was especially fraught and nerve harassment for several reasons.”
He also praised a “huge collective effort” in The Sun: “This is really important because I often be in my name in the story or my picture in the paper, which is the same with TV as a reporter, but I realize heavily that I am really lucky because I worked with some wonderful teams .
Starki first joined the sun as a trainee in 2003. He left three years later to move to Kabul where he was independent and worked in the Times.
Then he lived in Kenya since 2012, where he worked in the Times as a correspondent for Africa, but he was arrested at Nairobi Airport and was deported from the country after four years. This said, “The slaps of intimidating the press.”
Join the sun as a defense editor in 2020.
In November 2023, Volodymyr Zelensky met as Ukrainian President thanked media members for their continuous coverage of the war. Zelinski also Starkey gave an exclusive interview.
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