{"id":1126194,"date":"2025-04-06T11:35:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-06T08:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1126194"},"modified":"2025-04-08T17:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:56:36","slug":"russian-missile-strike-on-kyiv-damages-ukrainian-state-foreign-broadcasting-channels-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/russian-missile-strike-on-kyiv-damages-ukrainian-state-foreign-broadcasting-channels-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Missile Strike on Kyiv Damages Ukrainian State Foreign Broadcasting Channels"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On the night of April 5\u20136, a Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv caused significant destruction to buildings housing the editorial offices of Ukraine&#8217;s &#8220;State Enterprise the International Broadcasting Multimedia Platform of Ukraine&#8221; (SE IMBPU). These facilities had been relocated there after a previous strike on February 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The damaged channels include:<br><strong>FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c<\/strong>, <strong>Dim<\/strong>, <strong>UATV English<\/strong>, <strong>The Gaze<\/strong>, <strong>UATV Espa\u00f1ol<\/strong>, <strong>UATV Arabic<\/strong>, <strong>UATV Portugu\u00eas<\/strong>, as well as <strong>digital editorial offices<\/strong> and <strong>service departments<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, <strong>no SE IMBPU employees were injured<\/strong> in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-4-690x442.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1126226\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-2-690x468.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1126224\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new newsroom of the FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c TV channel was destroyed, including the newly built studio that was under preparation after the February attack. FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c continues broadcasting from a backup studio. Other damaged areas include offices of the international digital editorial team, the Dom TV channel newsroom, broadcast control rooms, and digital workspaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The top three floors of the business center where the foreign broadcasting channels were located were completely destroyed, with a large crater nearby. The lower floors were also heavily damaged and are now unusable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/image-3-690x479.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1126225\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;This is the second attack in less than two months. The facilities destroyed this time were the very ones we had just moved into after the February strike, including the digital and service teams and the studio we were preparing to relaunch for FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c. Emergency services are currently clearing the debris and investigators are on site, so we still don\u2019t know the full extent of the damage. It\u2019s clear that the premises are unfit for work now \u2014 but we will find a solution. The most important thing is that no one from our team was hurt, and we are still on air. Thank you to everyone who supports and helps us,&#8221; said Yulia Bin, Director General of SE IMBPU.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Ukrainian Air Force, in the early hours of April 6, Russia launched a combined strike on Ukraine using air-, land-, and sea-launched missiles, as well as attack drones. Preliminary data indicates that 132 enemy aerial targets were detected and tracked by Ukrainian air defense, including 23 missiles and 109 Shahed-type drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As reported earlier, the February 12 strike also heavily damaged the FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c newsroom, the international editorial team, and digital platforms including UATV English, The Gaze, UATV Espa\u00f1ol, UATV Arabic, and UATV Portugu\u00eas, as well as broadcasting and office spaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/ukrainian-foreign-broadcasting-office-damaged-by-russian-strike-on-kyiv-video\/\">The UATV channel\u2019s office was damaged, as a result of the Russian missile attack on Kyiv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of April 5\u20136, a Russian ballistic missile strike on &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":1126228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,55],"tags":[76,78],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1126194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-ukraine-en","tag-glavnoe-en","tag-homepage-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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