Ukrainian soldier in Kharkiv. File photoBUENOS AIRES/SANTIAGO, Apr 22 The Chilean Foreign Ministry continues to search for the missing journalist Gonzalo Lira Lopez in Kharkiv, the ministry told RIA Novosti. possible steps to establish the whereabouts and state of health of the Chilean Gonzalo Lira Lopez, with whom communication was lost in Ukraine,» the department noted. Contact with Lira was lost on April 15, he was in Kharkiv. The journalist on social networks has repeatedly criticized the policies of the Ukrainian authorities. In one of the tweets, he wrote that some action could be taken against him. Danilo Aumada, president of the Chilean Association of Journalists, told RIA Novosti that the organization had launched its own investigation, but did not yet have official information about the circumstances of Lira's disappearance. In turn, The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, expressed hope in her Telegram channel that everything is fine with the missing journalist. According to her, Lira actively commented on the events in Ukraine, being in the thick of things — first in Kyiv, then in Kharkov, «honestly and competently spoke about the background of the crisis … with his video blogs, he opened the eyes of many in the West.»
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