On the eve of July 1, the terrorists were shelling the Ukrainian position on the mountain Karachun near Slovyansk (Donetska oblast), and damaged the TV broadcasting tower so bad it collapsed. It was one of the highest towers in Donetska oblast; it was about 200 meters high, securing broadcasting for Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, and several other, smaller, populated localities. The broadcasting stopped yet in May, since the site became the grounds of battle between the separatist and the Ukrainian troops.