In Kharkiv, the office of the Television Agency “Novyny” was damaged by the October 6 shelling strike. The editor Maryna Nikolayeva spoke to the IMI representative about this.
According to her, some of their team, including her, had taken their own belongings (books, documents) from the office. The building is located downtown, on a hill, and the office was on the ninth floor and had panoramic windows. So when the full-scale invasion began, the team realized that there was a high chance of the building coming under fire. They switched to remote work, but the equipment, computers, and communications remained in the office.
“The shock wave affected the newsroom and the advertising department the most. Everything there got damaged – even parts of the ceiling and doors were torn out. The operator and assembly rooms were less affected. It was impossible to get through to some of the desks, including mine: it was near the window, and everything collapsed there,” Maryna Nikolayeva said.
She noted that now their main task was to keep the premises safe from looters.
The police and the prosecutors recorded the damage to the office as part of the case opened the day of the shelling. The editors have not yet assessed the damage.
The founder of the agency, Oleh Yukht, released a video showing the aftermath of the attack and suggested that his colleagues in Kharkiv take their belongings from the newsroom if possible.
Since the start of the full-scale war, ATN, like most TV projects, only works as a website, since the Russians destroyed the TV tower in the spring of 2022.