KIEV, Dec. 27 – 1 plus 1 Media Group shuts down Ukraine Today project on January 1, 2017, reads a statement posted on the website of the Media Group.

"We are grateful to the entire team, and personally to Tetiana Pushnova for the work done and the enormous contribution they have made not only to the project, but also to the information security of the country. The project was to be the voice of the country to the international community. In fact, it was the only opportunity for us to be heard in 2014. But now the government has assumed this function, and we believe that our mission has been completed. Taking into consideration the economic situation in the country, it is impossible for us to support the project, which is exclusively social in nature, while the state, at the same time, demonstrates zero interest in its existence," CEO of 1 plus 1 Media Group Oleksandr Shevchenko said.