Synehubov: Russia deliberately shells TV and radio infrastructure in the Kharkiv oblast
The Russians deliberately targeted the television and radio infrastructure of the Kharkiv oblast with mass drone strikes on the night of March 14, stresses the head of the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, Oleh Synehubov.
According to him, several areas are experiencing TV and radio signal problems right now. Some of the facilities have already been restored.
"All communication services are working to repair the damage and trying to restore the facilities as soon as possible! We do not rule out that the occupiers might strike again. We have to be ready to respond quickly," added Synehubov.
According to the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office, the strikes targeted the city's civilian infrastructure. Namely, apartment buildings in the Shevchenkivsky district were damaged by drones at 4 a.m. An hour later, the Russians attacked the area again, damaging non-residential buildings, but the strike was carried out by the air defense system S-300.
The prosecutor's office opened proceedings for violating the laws and customs of war (Article 1, 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
The crater formed by a Russian drone falling down in Kharkiv, March 14, 2024. Photo by Nakypilo
On the night of March 14, Russian troops struck television infrastructure facilities in the Kharkiv oblast en masse with drones. Russia also carried out missile and air strikes on radio facilities in the Sumy oblast, which left some municipalities the Sumy oblast without television or radio signal.
Suspilne has reported that the T2 broadcasting of their TV channels and radio channels is temporarily unavailable in the Sumy oblast and the Kharkiv due to the Russian strikes.
In 2022, Russian troops fired at TV towers in Kharkiv and Izyum.
In the two years of the full-scale invasion, the IMI recorded 16 cases of Russians shelling TV towers, which are civilian objects. This caused television and radio broadcasting in nine regions of Ukraine to disappear completely or temporarily.
The crater formed by a Russian drone falling down in the Shevchenkivsky district, Kharkiv, March 14, 2024. Photo by Nakypilo
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