Vatican News
16 March 2022
From next Monday the Pope’s radio station will expand its Ukrainian and 
Russian programmes. The increase of shortwave frequencies aims to 
empower the Radio’s outreach in its mission to communicate the Gospel 
message and to “read” current events through this perspective.

By Vatican News
From Monday, 21 March, Vatican Radio will increase its shortwave 
broadcasts to Ukraine and Russia. In addition to the two daily 
broadcasts (afternoon and evening) in the two languages, the morning 
programmes to Moscow and Kyiv will last twenty minutes longer.
"The decision,” Massimiliano Menichetti, head of Vatican Radio Vatican 
News explains, “was taken with the agreement of the entire management 
team of the Dicastery for Communication, at this time when war is 
raging, in order to better respond to our mission: to bring hope, the 
Pope's words and the reading of facts through the light of the Gospel to 
the whole world.”
In these past weeks, he added, thanks to a network of direct contacts 
that support the work of our reporters, we are trying to give comfort to 
those who are suffering and to ensure timely information.
The frequencies of Vatican Radio, the pages and posts of Vatican News in 
51 languages (including English and Italian in sign language) aim to not 
leave anyone alone, even in the awareness of the power of prayer".
Vatican Radio's new shortwave broadcasts
Until 26 March
Russian, CET 06:00-06:20, UTC 05:00-05:20, 7260 kHz, 9715 kHz
Ukrainian, CET 06:20-06:40, UTC 05:20-05:40, 7260 kHz, 9715 kHz
From Sunday, 27 March
Russian, CET 07:00-07:20, UTC 05:00-05:20, 7260 kHz, 9705 kHz
Ukrainian, CET 06:40-07:00,UTC 04:40-05:00, 7260 kHz, 9705 kHz
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/vatican-city/news/2022-03/vatican-radio-shortwave-frequencies-russia-ukraine.html
(Mike Terry via shortwave io group)