[3][4] Since December 2018, the channel has been owned by Taras Kozak, a parliament member of Opposition Platform — For Life[5] who is reportedly an associate of Medvedchuk.

National Council representatives stated that the real owner is one of the former Ministers of the Viktor Yanukovych cabinet, and refused to renew the programming concept of five regional stations owned by 112 Ukraine.

In 2015, 112 Ukraine received a notice from the National Council for remarks by Russian journalist Maksim Shevchenko, who was interviewed in the studio via Skype during a "Shuster LIVE" talk-show.

[2] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the ban had been a difficult decision and that Ukraine supported freedom of speech, but not "propaganda financed by the aggressor country.

"[2] Russian Senator for United Russia Aleksey Pushkov claimed that "By shutting down opposition television channels, Zelensky acknowledged his inability to withstand political competition.

"[2] In a written statement, a spokesperson for the European Union's Foreign Affairs High Representative Josep Borrell stated "while Ukraine's efforts to protect its territorial integrity and national security, as well as to defend itself from information manipulation are legitimate", it added that "any measures taken should be proportional to the aim".

[18] The site EUvsDisinfo, which is run by the foreign relations arm of the European Union,[19] has highlighted a small number of specific articles on the 112.international and 112.ua websites as promoting pro-Russian talking points.

A fake blog post accusing the Ukrainian military as "lazy" was highlighted on in the English-language 112.international,[20] as well as an interview in which the interviewee claimed that Kyiv aimed to sabotage peace in Donbas.