Ukraine opens telecommunication tower on administrative border with Crimea

The telecommunication tower has been officially opened on the administrative border with Crimea in Kherson region. The tower will broadcast across the northern regions of the Russian-occupied peninsula.

The press service of the Ministry of Ukraine for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons posted this on Twitter.

"Construction of a 150-meter tower in the village of Chongar has been completed, and broadcasting across some districts of Kherson region and Crimea will start today," the statement says.

The opening ceremony was attended by Information Policy Minister of Ukraine Yuri Stets, Minister for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine Vadym Chernysh, Chairman of the National Council of Ukraine for Television and Radio Broadcasting Yuriy Artemenko, MP of Ukraine, Chairman of the Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov and Chairman of the Kherson Regional State Administration Andriy Hordeyev.

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