Kyiv to block broadcasting of pro-Russian channels in the Donbas
Systems to block the broadcasting of pro-Russian TV channels and radio stations are to be set up along the demarcation line in the Donbas, NSDC (National Security and Defense Council) Secretary Oleksandr Turchynov said in Pokrovsk in the Donetsk province, 06239.com.ua reports.
“In Pokrovsk the first trial installation of the complex counter-information system has been created, which will make it possible to completely block the pro-Russian TV and radio channels and at the same time to receive all the Ukrainian ones very well. We have now tested its operation – it works very well. Within a few months it will be set up along the entire demarcation line,” Turchynov said.
The press center of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that on the city council premises those present were shown a “unique modern method of suppressing broadcasts from the territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces not controlled by the Ukrainian authorities, developed by one of the leading Ukrainian companies”.
The press center claims that this method will make it possible to effectively create a barrier to the broadcasting of up to 10 channels of enemy broadcasts simultaneously.
In December 2016, Ukraine resumed the broadcasting of its TV channels in the Donbas, restoring the broadcasting tower on the Karachun Mountain close to Sloviansk. Later it became clear that the signal from the new tower did not reach the territories controlled by DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic) separatists. The tower’s most can reach only 20 KW with a radius of 67 km.