The equipment and other property of Mediaholding Novosti, which produced content for the First Independent and Ukrlive TV channels, was confiscated “for the needs of the military administration”. It is reported by Detector Media, citing sources close to the company's management..

On the basis of what this property was confiscated is still unknown..

At the same time, the publication notes that the company's employees still owe wages for January and February..

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Recall that at the beginning of the full-scale invasion of the Russian army, YouTube channels Ukrlive and First Independent began broadcasting a general broadcast in which their pro-Russian speakers spoke in favor of capitulation and concessions to Russia. On March 2, the channels deleted their archive and started playing a patriotic video on the air, and then the YouTube channels themselves were deleted.

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Recall, on December 28, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky approved the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine " They have their assets blocked, their licenses revoked or suspended, they are prohibited from using the radio frequency resource, the provision of telecommunications services is limited, etc..

The formal owner of the company is People's Deputy Nestor Shufrich, who was a member of the Opposition Platform - For Life faction before its liquidation. However, TV channels Ukrlive and First Independent were considered close to Viktor Medvedchuk, who did not deny such a wording..