Hromadske Radio: Russia is jamming mobile connection, Ukrainian radio signal near the border in Chernihiv oblast

The Russians are jamming mobile connection in the border areas of Chernihiv oblast. They are also making efforts to make their broadcasting reach these areas and spread propaganda among the locals, correspondent Talina Tarasenko tells Hromadske Radio.

She said that the Ukrainian defense forces are working to prevent this and to ensure that local residents have access to Ukrainian television and radio. Still, the correspondent says, in some municipalities Ukrainian broadcasting is completely unavailable.

"These are mostly the municipalities where almost all of the locals have already left, though" said the correspondent.

Talina also noted that the lack of mobile connection in the border areas is interrupting the work of schools.

"Offline learning is impossible there. The situation with ordinary phone connection is quite complicated. So parents and children find some additional means to help them study, help them stay in touch. And I have heard about children bringing their workbooks to teachers to have their homework checked, because submitting assignments online through social media is not always an option," said Talina Tarasenko.

On May 9, the Chernihiv Oblast Military Administration received reports about a possible attack on the Chernihiv TV tower. The city authorities urged people not to ignore the air raid alerts.

Previously

On April 22, the Russian troops targeted a TV tower in Kharkiv, destroying it. People reported interruptions in the digital television signal.

The Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office opened a case over the April 22 shelling strike on the Kharkiv television tower.

In March 2024, the Russian troops deliberately struck TV infrastructure in Kharkiv oblast with drones. They also carried out missile and air strikes on the radio facilities in the Sumy oblast, leaving some municipalities without TV or radio signal. Later, Suspilne reported that due to the strikes their T2 TV channels and radio channels were temporarily unavailable in both oblasts.

Previously, the IMI recorded such incidents back at the beginning of the full-scale invasion in 2022 (back then, 16 cases of the Russians shelling TV towers, which are civilian objects, were recorded).