Oplot TV (Russian: Fortress TV) 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.
| Programming | |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Russian |
| History | |
| Launched | August 8, 2014 |
| Links | |
| Website | oplottv |
The name Oplot is taken from a separatist social movement, "Oplot of Donbas".[1]
History
editOplot TV started broadcasting on August 8, 2014. Until 2018, Ismail Abdullaiev was its director.[2] The channel replaced Kherson TV and absorbed some of its senior technical staff, who were aiding Russian propaganda in the process.[3] Abdullaiev restarted his television career in 2022 by creating Tavria TV.[4][5][6]
Oplot was one of the channels hacked by Ukrainians on August 22, 2024 to air a video about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The channel had to suspend its operations for a while.[7]
References
edit- ^ Map of the actors in the Donbas conflict: local actors of Certain areas of Donetsk oblast, NGCA
- ^ "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). 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
- ^ "Ten Years of Propaganda: How the Russians Seized Donetsk Media". en.detector.media. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ "SSU notifies suspicion to Prigozhin's associate who launched russian TV channel in temporarily occupied Kherson region". SSU. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ "Пропагандист из "ДНР" возглавил созданный в оккупированном Херсоне телеканал "Таврия"". ФОКУС (in Russian). 2022-08-11. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ "Соратнику Пригожина грозит до 12 лет за коллаборационизм – СБУ". Крым.Реалии (in Russian). 2023-06-17. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
- ^ "Ukrainian Intelligence hacks Russian TV channels to show truth about war". RBC-Ukraine. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
 | This article about a European television station is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |