The Russian drone strike in Dnipro city on 17 November 2025 did not affect the work of Suspilne Donbas because content production was decentralised all along, said Suspilne Donbas chief editor Andriy Kramchenkov in a comment to the Institute of Mass Information journalist Valentyna Troyan.
Kramchenkov said that the team had long been working in a dispersed format for safety and organising reasons.
“I did production work in Sumy for safety reasons. I decentralised production in Donbas for objective reasons, since the team is ‘scattered’ across Ukraine. There is no other option,” he explained.
Kramchenkov clarified that Suspilne Donbas only occupied a few rooms in the Suspilne Dnipro building and those were not actually in use: a manager and two engineers worked there, and it was used for equipment storage.
All reporters and technical staff have cameras, editing stations, and laptops at home, work remotely, and have a clearly outlined work algorithm.
“The Suspilne Dnipro team suffered much more in the Dnipro strike than we did,” the chief editor said.
He added that donor organisations have been offering assistance, but Suspilne Donbas asks them to prioritise supporting the Dnipro team.
“We will manage; help [Suspilne] Dnipro,” Andriy Kramchenkov stressed.
Previously
The Russian mass drone strike on Dnipro city late on 17 November damaged the building where the offices of the regional Suspilne branch and Ukrainske Radio are located. The strike resulted in a fire, blasted out out the windows and doors, damaged the building’s ceilings and the roof. IMI’s Mediabaza Dnipro, which was based in the Suspilne building, was also destroyed.
The strike in Dnipro also damaged a TV tower in the city.
