Separatists plan to jam Ukrainian radio signals
According to the head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Peoples’ Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, the beginning broadcasts of Ukrainian radio in the territory of the Donetsk region is not controlled by separatists, as he stated at a press-conference.
"Yes, I know about this problem. There is this station in Chasiv Yar which will broadcast to our territory. For today, if you turn on TV, you can catch any wave including in Ukrainian language. Basically, we have lived with Ukrainian broadcasting for two years,” Zakharchenko said.
According to him, the technical means to jam Ukrainian radio signals are already being preparing. "There is no special problem in it… But anyway I have given the order to prepare a technical solution which enables jamming this very radio on this frequency.”
On January 12, the National Council granted permission to the State Radio Station “Ukrainian Radio” to broadcast in the Donbas using the 873 kHz frequency in the town of Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region. The signal would cover all regions of Donbas beyond Ukraine’s control.
In December 2016, broadcasting of Ukrainian channels was resumed in theDonbas. Later, information appeared in the media suggesting that the signal from the restored TV tower on Karachun Mountain cannot reach the DPR.