Kyiv police ask media representatives whose personal information was published on the Mirotvorets (Peacemaker) website to approach the criminal investigation service for the purpose of giving testimony as witnesses, the police's press service said.

The Criminal Investigation Service of the Main Department of the National Police of Ukraine for Kyiv on the orders of the city's public prosecution office is investigating a criminal case under the Article 'Obstruction of lawful professional activities of journalists' of the Ukrainian Criminal Code on the grounds of publishing the personal information of journalists accredited in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics by the Mirotvorets website, the press service said in a report.

"Police ask the media representatives whose names and contact information were published on the aforementioned website, and who faced, or will face, obstruction of their professional activities following that, to approach the Main Department of the National Police of Ukraine for Kyiv to give testimony as witnesses on the grounds of the aforementioned facts for the purpose of objective investigation and taking of immediate response measures," the report said.

In May the Mirotvorets website published lists of more than 4,000 journalists who have been accredited in the self-proclaimed Donbas republics. The list includes the names of Ukrainian and foreign journalists, their mobile contacts and duration of their stay in the territories of the DPR and the LPR.