TV channel UA: The first evening, March 16, on air showed a map of Ukraine without the annexed Crimea of ??Russia. This was reported by journalist Galina Plachinda and showed in her Facebook photo.

At the same time, on the official website of the television channel they acknowledged the mistake and apologized to the audience, the Main reports with reference to Glavred.

"Today, March 16, in the evening news release on the UA: First on the air, a technical error occurred, as a result of which viewers saw the map of Ukraine with errors for 27 seconds. In particular, the map did not reflect the names of regions and cities, and also shows the territory without the Crimea peninsula, "the address says..

It also explains that the image was created in the graphics editing program and consisted of several balls with elements.

"Incorrectly, turning off unnecessary for this news items, the designer turned off and a few necessary layers: the image of the Crimea and the names of all areas. And since this slide was already prepared during the live broadcast of the news, the issuing director did not have the opportunity to verify it. Therefore, viewers saw such critical and very gross errors.

The Public Broadcasting team asks for forgiveness from all viewers of UA: Pershy ", - is summarized in the message.