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Images of former state TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, who denounced President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine, in court as Moscow's Basmanny district court ruled that she will be placed under house arrest until October 9. IMAGES
Marina Ovsyannikova, a journalist who became known after protesting against the Russian military action in Ukraine during a prime-time news broadcast on state television, waits for a Moscow court session inside a defendants' cage over charges of "discrediting" the Russian army fighting in Ukraine. As she waits, Ovsyannikova holds up a paper that reads 'May the dead children haunt you in your dreams'. She is facing up to 10 years in prison, if convicted. IMAGES
Smoke billows after an apparent Russian airstrike hit Kyiv's main television tower in the heart of the Ukrainian capital, knocking out some state broadcasting but leaving the structure intact. After a blast sounded around the city and smoke was seen rising in the Babi Yar district, the interior ministry said equipment had been damaged and "channels won't work for a while". IMAGES
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will ban the Russian-owned Russia Today and Sputnik as well as their subsidiaries in the Union. SOUNDBITE
Kyrylo Vyshynsky, a journalist working for Russia's RIA Novosti state news, appears in court in Kiev after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered to hand him to Moscow in exchange for Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov who is behind bars in a Russian Arctic penal colony. IMAGES
Russian journalist, Arkady Babchenko, reported killed in Kiev turns up at a news conference. His "fake death" was part of a special operation to pre-emp a real plot to kill him. IMAGES