1. The total amount of sociopolitical issues, specific facts or opinions important for a full-value and objective information pattern that were withheld by the First National Channel in the concluding daily news issues (Day Resume, everyday 9 p.m. broadcasts from Monday till Saturday):

The amount of important issues withheld by the First National Channel has essentially reduced during the week under review. Almost every important issue has been covered in the specific thematic segments. This fact can be considered as stable evidence that the journalists of the First National Channel news try their best to reflect the real information pattern fully from day to day. By contrast to the previous period, there were hardly any important thematic directions ignored by the journalists of the channel. Apart from that, the number of violations of information journalism standards is steadily decreasing in the news materials produced by the First National Channel.

Sample of what was reflected by the First National Channel and what was not

May 3 (Saturaday):

On Saturday the channel reflected the events in Odesa in the following way. The number of perished people in Odesa has grown to 46. According to the data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, most of the perished in Odesa are the citizens of Russia and Transnistria. Over 130 riot participants have been arrested by militia instituting 10 criminal proceedings. The detainees were armed with firearms and traumatic guns as well as great amounts of incendiaries. The number of the injured in Friday rioting has grown to 214. The citizens of Odesa are donating blood on a mass scale for those who have suffered in the riots of May 2. 36 corpses have been found in the Trade Unions Building in Odesa. Militia stood idle. Yarema has visited the Trade Unions Building in Odesa and states that people have died not because of fire, but because of some gas of unknown origin. According to the data of Security Service of Ukraine, the Russians are privy to the provocations and riots in Odesa on May 2. The riots in Odesa have been financed by Arbuzov and Klymenko. The act of sabotage in Odesa was directed at stability disruption in the south of Ukraine. The corpse identification has shown that all the ten perished are the citizens of Odesa. In Odesa, the head of local militia has been fired.

The channel did not inform of the following. The separatists in Odesa riot the Ministry of Internal Affairs demanding to fire the people arrested the day before. In Odesa, the militiamen shielded the fighter who was shooting down the unarmed protesters. The Odesa militia has announced the creation of a special battalion of volunteers to protect the city from separatists. The Odesa governor has put the responsibility for the deaths on militia. Pashchynsky pretends the riots in Odesa to be the provocation of Federal Security Service.

The events in Sloviansk were reflected in the following way. There are five perished in Sloviansk. Near the village of Andriivka, not far from Sloviansk, the armed people have attacked the soldiers of the 95^th airmobile brigade using the old and children as a shield. The soldiers of Antiterrorist Operation have taken all the entries to Sloviansk under control. The OSCE observers in Sloviansk were fired (the report has included some connotation: “The inspection group was working in Ukraine to enforce trust and security. Until they were enforced by separatists.”). The bus with the fired OSCE observers was caught in a shootout. An OSCE observer from Germany states that they were treated well, just as the self-declared mayor has said. The self-declared mayor of Sloviansk Ponomaryov says that the OSCE observers were on a visit to his birthday. Taruta states that local authorities are trying their best to set all the hostages free by means of negotiations.

The channel did not inform of the following. According to the data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the terrorists have set 12 hostages free after having received the instructions from Russia. General Public Prosecutor’s Office has qualified the helicopters shootout in Sloviansk as an act of terror. In Sloviansk, the law-enforcement representatives have prevented the separatists from blowing up the overpass. According to the data of the acting minister of defense, the terrorists in Sloviansk are asking for negotiations.

Other events in the Donetsk region were reflected in the following way. In Donetsk, the separatists have occupied the regional board of Security Service of Ukraine. The separatists have occupied the office of the Industrial Union of Donbas in Donetsk and go on plundering it (inaccuracy has been noticed in the lead: “After that, the crowd began to ruin the house of the governor of the oblast Sergiy Taruta”). There are six perished people in Kramatorsk. In Kramatorsk, the separatists are controlling only the city council (no reference to the source). Avakov informs that the terrorists in Kramatorsk were ordered to shoot the citizens in the guise of militia. The entrances to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk are blocked. In Kramatorsk, the separatists have blasted several buses and trolleybuses (the news release delivered it differently: “At noon, two buses were burning in the center of Kramatorsk”). At night, the law-enforcement officers were trying to recapture the TV tower in Kramatorsk. The broadcast of the Ukrainian channels has been returned in Kramatorsk. The buildings of Security Service of Ukraine and the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kramatorsk have been freed. In Gorlivka, the building of Anti-Organized Crime Directorate is captured.

The channel did not inform of the following. In Donetsk, the armed separatists have attacked the patrol of National Guard. The armed separatists have stolen 17 automobiles in Donetsk. The separatists call the citizens of Kramatorsk to organize human shields for money to defend the land from the Ukrainian military men. In Donetsk region, the separatists shielding with women and children have shoot the Ukrainian military men: 2 of them are killed, 12 of them are injured.

The events in other Southern and Eastern regions were reflected in the following way. In Luhansk, the separatists were assaulting the military registration and enlistment office, having captured 3 people. In Luhansk, the separatist have stolen the car of the cash messenger with 1 million hryvnas.

The channel did not inform of the following. In Luhansk, the armed separatists are assaulting the regiment of internal troops. The separatists have kidnapped 2 activists of the Public sector of Luhansk. The battalions of defense have been created in Zaporizhia and Kirovohrad regions.

The events in the Crimea were reflected in the following way. Dzhemilev with the followers encircled the buses with Russian military men at the check-point in Armyansk. In Armyansk, the Crimean Tatars became a human shield to help Dzhemilev enter the Crimea. The occupants did not let Dzhemilev to the Crimea. According to the data of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia has challenged the entire Crimean Tatar nation.

The channel did not inform of the following. Aksyonov threatens to punish the Tatars who organized the break of the Russian border during Dzhemilev’s appointment. The Cabinet of Ministers has announced the situation as the renewal of Stalin’s repressions.

The response of the Ukrainian power was reflected in the following way. The Security Service of Ukraine has evidence that Russia coordinated the capture of the OSCE representatives. The Security Service of Ukraine has arrested the assistant of the Russian “Abwehr” saboteur. Turchynov has announced the mourning.

It was not informed that Russia is planning to organize the riots not only in the East of Ukraine (the data of Krutov, the leader of the Antiterrorist Center). Five members of the Antiterrorist Operation perished in Donbas. Twelve members are injured, according to the data of the Security Service of Ukraine. According to Deshchytsia, the meeting of the UNO Security Council initiated by Russia is blaming Russia.

The response of the foreign parties to the Ukrainian events was reflected in the following way. Jagland, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, has noted that taking hostages is inadmissible, especially concerning people who work in the international organization. The Secretary General has called to investigate the circumstances of the tragedy in Odesa immediately (the news contained some connotation: “International community is shocked by the events in Odesa”). Violence in Odesa was criticized by the US State Department. Tusk states that the Russian Federation is leading the war with Ukraine, while the diplomatic efforts of the Western countries haven’t got any results (there is some connotation: “Poland has been much more radical”). Switzerland has added 10 Russians and 5 Ukrainians to the black list. Obama and Merkel have promised to give Russia the third round of penalties in case they do not stop aggression against Ukraine.

The channel did not inform of the following. The absolute majority of the UNO Security Council members have supported Antiterrorist Operation initiated by Ukraine. The United States Secretary of State calls the Kremlin to stop supporting the separatists in Ukraine. Tusk says that Putin must cease interference into the internal affairs of Ukraine. Komorovsky states that Russia holds the ring of the latest provocations in Ukraine. The Russian Aeroflot has denied flights to Kharkiv and Donetsk.

As for other topics of the day, the channel tells that Lviv has celebrated its 758^th anniversary under the mottos of the united Ukraine. Mass parades were denied because of the latest events.

The channel did not inform that the activists of Maidan picketed the administration of BRT demanding to return the Ukrainian channels to the East of Ukraine.

Particular Thematic Directions Withheld

2. Mass Protest Actions:

3. Facts and investigations of the crimes committed by the previous power, their local representatives or criminal elements hired by them, separatists and Russian military men against individual freedom, health and life of the Ukrainian citizens and their property integrity:

4. Facts and investigations of economy crimes and errors by the previous power as well as relevant events or consequences:

5. Facts of violated freedom of word, inhibition of journalist activity and physical violence against journalists:

6. Responses and actions of the international community concerning the Ukrainian events:

7. Events and claims concerning the annexation of the Crimea and the attempts to destabilize the situation in the Southern and Eastern regions of Ukraine: