According to Bogdan Bezpalko, a member of the Presidium of the Council for Interethnic Relations under the President of the Russian Federation, the closure of TV channels in Ukraine without a court decision indicates that there is no freedom of speech in the country.

Ukrainian media reported that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy imposed sanctions by decision of the National Security and Defense Council against three opposition TV channels - 112. Ukraine, NewsOne and ZIK.