The Ukrainian president gave an appeal on television in the Belgorod region due to “unauthorized replacement of the television signal,” the government of the region said, and the same thing happened in Crimea.

Today, January 25, an unauthorized replacement of the TV signal from the satellite was discovered on the territory of the Moscow time zone. The attendants promptly switched to receiving a signal from a backup satellite, and broadcasting resumed in normal mode. The causes of the failure are currently being established,” the press service said.

Earlier, the Telegram channel “Rise” reported that Zelensky’s appeal was broadcast through federal channels in the region. Residents of the region claim that the broadcast took place “on all channels.” The local portal go31.ru indicates that this happened around 16:20 on Wednesday, after which the television signal disappeared.

Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of Crimea, announced that Ukrainian hackers are responsible for the recent disruption of the broadcast system in the region. He claims that the Americans had previously given Ukrainian intelligence services access to the codes of popular platforms through which TV channels are broadcast on the Internet. He added that most of the consequences of the hack have been eliminated.