The United States are monitoring the situation around Channel 5 and TVi, which frequencies for broadcasting were withdrawn under a ruling of Kyiv District Administrative Court.
Daniel A. Russell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, gave the information in an interview with the Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (Mirror Weekly) newspaper.
He also said that freedom of speech is a very important issue for Washington.
He said that democracy, rule of law and freedom of speech are issues, which the United States would not touch in a dialogue with Ukraine both in public or privately.
Russell said that Ukrainians should be proud of a progress in democracy and larger freedom.
He added that the United States were alarmed with contacts of intelligence services with the head of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv.
"We’ve raised the issue to your government and in public. We hail the readiness of the SBU head to meet with the university head. There are many countries, where it could not be possible to realize," he said.
