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Russian invasion of Ukraine: Telegram finds itself on frontline of information war

Telegram reached 500 million users last year, many of them in Russia and Ukraine. Since Russia invaded its neighbour, Telegram has topped app store charts worldwide, as people try to get to the heart of what's happening and as Ukrainian civilians maintain vital lines of communication. Telegram likes to tout…

France 24

Live updates: Mayor reports several missiles hit Lviv

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said Friday on Telegram that several missiles hit a facility used to repair military aircraft and damaged a bus repair facility

The Independent UK

Facebook Removes More Russia Posts Claiming Children’s Hospital Bombing a Hoax

Facebook on Wednesday removed official Russian posts that falsely claimed reports of Russia bombing a children's hospital in Ukraine were a hoax, a company spokesperson said, even as similar messages appeared on other social media platforms. The misinformation, on Russian Embassy Twitter, Facebook and Telegram accounts, circulated even after Twitter…

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Who is Ramzan Kadyrov? 'Barbaric' Chechen president with three wives and 12 children said to be joining Putin's war

The 45-year-old friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin is reported to have taken to Telegram to share a video of himself wearing a military uniform

Irish Mirror

Elon Musk changes name on Twitter after cheeky exchange with leader of the Chechen Republic

In a statement on Telegram, shared by the Tesla and Space X CEO, the Chechen leader warned Musk to be careful of what he was asking for

Irish Mirror

‘Putin is our enemy too’ — how the Ukraine invasion has triggered a Russian youthquake on Telegram and TikTok

Russian millennials and young people are social media savvy, liberal - and horrified by their mother country’s actions in Ukraine. Katie Strick meets a politicised generation

Evening Standard

Telegram: sharing stories with the Guardian

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‘It’s the right thing to do’: the 300,000 volunteer hackers coming together to fight Russia

Ukraine appealed for a global army of IT experts to help in the battle against Putin – and many answered the call. We speak to people on the digital frontline

The Guardian - UK

Vladimir Putin's ally gives chilling warning to 'finish' enemies in Ukraine

Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechen and an ally of Vladimir Putin, urged for Ukrainian forces to surrender "or you will be finished" in a warning on Telegram

Daily Mirror

‘This is my life’: Russian influencers take stock after Instagram access blocked

For many Russian businesses, the social network was a leading platform for advertising and communicating with clients

The Guardian - UK

War Censorship Exposes Putin's Leaky Internet Controls

Long before waging war on Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin was working to make Russia's internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China's so-called Great Firewall. So when Western tech companies began cutting ties with Russia following its invasion, Russian investigative journalist Andrei Soldatov was alarmed.

Asharq Al-Awsat

War censorship exposes Putin's leaky internet controls

The Kremlin's raft of online censorship measures has exposed serious shortcomings in its efforts to make Russia’s internet a powerful tool of surveillance and social control akin to China's so-called Great Firewall

The Independent UK

As it happened: Zelenskiy urges Nato to implement no-fly zone

This live blog has now closed. Follow the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine war here.

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine President Appeals to Mothers of Russian Soldiers

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday called on the mothers of Russian soldiers to prevent their sons being sent to war in Ukraine. "I want to say this once again to Russian mothers, especially mothers of conscripts. Do not send your children to war in a foreign country," Zelensky said…

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The murky world of Prashasak Samiti: Meet BJP and Adityanath’s social media warriors

Last year in May, the village of Noorpur in Uttar Pradesh made news when its Dalit residents alleged that a marriage procession of theirs had been stopped by a group of local Muslims. The situation became tense enough to warrant armed police being deployed in the area.

Daily Mirror

Top Russian ballerina speaks out saying she's ashamed of Putin's invasion of Ukraine

Olga Smirnova published an emotional post on social networking platform Telegram saying she is opposed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine where she has family and friends

Bangkok Post

Telegram thrives in Ukraine disinformation battle

Two days after Russia invaded Ukraine, an account on the Telegram messaging platform posing as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged his armed forces to surrender.

Benzinga

Why Is Ukraine's President Zelenskyy Relying On A Russian-Origin App For Communication? Co-Founder Shares Historical Context

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy often uses Telegram to reach out to the public amid Russia's invasion of his country. As concerns grow around the safety of the application, its Russia-born co-founder Pavel Durov chipped in with a message about user privacy.

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The Guardian - UK

Telegram: the app at the heart of Ukraine’s propaganda battle

It’s the most popular messaging service in Ukraine, and used by protesters of all kinds. Now it must find a way to make money

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Russian Forces Capture Ukrainian City of Kherson

Russian forces have taken the Ukrainian city of Kherson, local officials confirmed, the first major urban center to fall since Moscow invaded one week ago. "The (Russian) occupiers are in all parts of the city and are very dangerous," Gennady Lakhuta, head of the regional administration, wrote on messaging service…

Reuters

Four dead in Russian strike on Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr - adviser to interior minister

Four people were killed when homes in the Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr were hit on Tuesday by a Russian cruise missile apparently aimed at a nearby air base, Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister, said on his Telegram channel.

Reuters

Russia tells TikTok not to recommend military content to minors

Russia's communications regulator on Monday demanded TikTok stop including military-related content in recommended posts for minors, in an announcement shared in its official Telegram channel.

Benzinga

Ukraine President Seeks Fast-Track Admission Into European Union

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has requested that the European Union enact a special procedure that will enable his country to immediately gain membership in its organization. What Happened: In a video posted on his Telegram channel, Zelensky stressed the need for Ukraine to unite with the rest of the continent…

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Fake Social Media Accounts Aimed at Ukraine, Says Meta

Pro-Russia groups are orchestrating misinformation campaigns on social media, using fake profiles or hacked accounts to paint Ukraine as a feeble pawn of Western duplicity, Meta said Sunday. The cyber security team at the tech giant -- parent of Facebook and Instagram -- said it blocked a set of Russia-linked…

The Guardian - UK

‘I had no idea he was there’: families’ shock at video of captured Russian soldiers

Telegram channel Find Your Own identifies PoWs – much to the horror of families who did not know they were part of invasion

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