In Slavyansk, after a shootout near a TV tower, communication interruptions began
Slavyansk, May 11 (Navigator, Victoria Litovchenko) – In Slavyansk, interruptions in mobile communications and the Internet began after a night shelling of a television tower.
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“Tonight in Slavyansk, terrorists carried out a mortar attack on personnel of a unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which is guarding the television tower on Mount Karachun. As a result of the shelling, a Ukrainian serviceman was wounded. He was provided with first aid and evacuated by helicopter to a military treatment facility. There is no threat to the life of the Ukrainian military,” reports the press service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
At the same time, eyewitnesses report that at night the Ukrainian military was the first to begin shelling from their positions near the television tower. The militia responded with fire from the equipment that had previously been captured from the paratroopers. During the shelling, the ammunition at the security forces' location detonated, and it was fired for several hours.
After a night shootout in Slavyansk, especially in the city center, there are problems with communication. Some mobile operators do not work at all, others intermittently.
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