14 Foreign Journalists Threatened With Prisons For Being 'through Through' The Russian Kursk Invaded By Ukraine

JAKARTA - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it had opened criminal cases against 14 foreign journalists since August 17 because it illegally crossed the border between Ukraine and the Kursk region in Russia.

The FSB said in a statement that the latest journalists investigated came from France 24 and CH Media Switzerland, reported by Reuters, Monday, October 7.

Ukraine in August launched a surprise attack on the Kursk region, capturing territory around the border town of Sudzha, which was Ukraine's first seizure of Russian territory since the outbreak of the war.

Several foreign journalists have visited Ukrainian-controlled territory since a team from the Italian government broadcaster, RAI, made their first visit in mid-August.

Crossing borders illegally can be sentenced to up to five years in prison, under Russian law.

Previously, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) also processed the upstream two journalists, each German and Ukrainian who entered Russia illegally.

The two journalists broke into Russia without permission via Kursk then traveled to Sudzha City.