Oplot TV
Television channel
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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]
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| Country | Ukraine |
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| Headquarters | Donetsk, Ukraine |
| Programming | |
| Language | Russian |
| Picture format | 576i SDTV 1080i HDTV |
| History | |
| Launched | August 8, 2014 |
| Links | |
| Website | oplottv |
The name Oplot is taken from a separatist social movement, "Oplot of Donbas".[2]
History
Oplot TV started broadcasting on August 8, 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 August 22, 2024 to air a video about the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The channel had to suspend its operations for a while.[8]
