KIEV, Aug. 6 – The staff of the Chernivtsi TBA Regional Television Channel has sent an open letter to Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski with the request to help protect the channel, which they say the authorities are trying to destroy.
"A tough and open fight between the authorities and the independent media is currently starting in Ukraine, a state located in the heart of Europe. The authorities are starting to get rid of 'undesirables' ahead of the presidential election. Unfortunately, our television channel is one of the first hit by repression and censorship," reads an address to the EU ambassador, which was passed to journalists at a press conference at Interfax-Ukraine on Tuesday.
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