A British journalist

who boasted on social media about provoking Russian-separatist forces to fire

at Ukrainians has had her accreditation revoked on July 31 and faces a possible ban from

Ukraine, according to State Security Service spokeswoman Olena

Hitlyanska, cited by Interfax news agency.

Hitlyanska said the

measure was taken “in the interests of ensuring national security,” adding that

the British journalist had “committed deconstructive actions against Ukrainian

citizens.”