Oplot TV
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| Country | Ukraine |
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| Headquarters | Donetsk, Ukraine |
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| Language | Russian |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| History | |
| Launched | 8 August 2014 |
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| Website | oplottv |
Oplot TV (Russian: Оплот ТВ) is a television channel created in 2014 in the context of the Russo-Ukrainian war and the creation of the Donetsk People's Republic, currently one of the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine. The channel specializes mainly in news and information content.[1]
The name Oplot is taken from a separatist social movement, "Oplot of Donbas".[2]
History
Oplot TV started broadcasting on 8 August 2014. Until 2018, Ismail Abdullaiev was its director.[3] The channel replaced Donbas TV and absorbed some of its senior technical staff, who were aiding Russian propaganda in the process.[4] Abdullaiev restarted his television career in 2022 by creating Tavria TV.[5][6][7]
Oplot was one of the channels hacked by Ukrainians on 22 August 2024 to air a video about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The channel had to suspend its operations for a while.[8]
References
- ↑ The Use of Russian Proxy Actors in the Media Environment in Ukraine: A Comparison between Occupied and Non-Occupied Areas, 2017–2023 (PDF). NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence. 2024. ISBN 978-9934-619-59-5.
- ↑ "Map of the actors in the Donbas conflict: local actors of Certain areas of Donetsk oblast, NGCA" (pdf). CivilM+. 2020.
- ↑ "Створену окупантами в Херсоні телерадіокомпанію "Таврія" очолив пропагандист з "ДНР", екс-директор телекомпанії "Оплот"" [The "Tavria" broadcasting company created by the occupiers in Kherson was headed by a propagandist from the "DNR", ex-director of the "Oplot" television company]. MOST information agency. (in Ukrainian). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ↑ "Ten Years of Propaganda: How the Russians Seized Donetsk Media". Detector Media. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
- ↑ "SSU notifies suspicion to Prigozhin's associate who launched russian TV channel in temporarily occupied Kherson region". SSU. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ↑ "Пропагандист из "ДНР" возглавил созданный в оккупированном Херсоне телеканал "Таврия"". ФОКУС (in Russian). 11 August 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ↑ "Соратнику Пригожина грозит до 12 лет за коллаборационизм – СБУ". Крым.Реалии (in Russian). 17 June 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ↑ "Ukrainian Intelligence hacks Russian TV channels to show truth about war". RBC-Ukraine. Retrieved 21 November 2024.