Finance ministers from the G7 industrialized nations have agreed to continue backing Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in Canada.
Finance ministers from the G7 industrialized nations have agreed to continue backing Ukraine in its defense against Russia’s invasion, German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil said on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in Canada.
The message was not authentic, with the real Zelenskiy soon denying the claim on his official Telegram channel, but the incident highlighted a major problem: disinformation quickly spreads unchecked on the encrypted app. There was another possible development: Reuters also reported that Ukraine said that Belarus could soon join the invasion of Ukraine. However, the AFP, citing a Pentagon official, said the U.S. hasn’t yet seen evidence that Belarusian troops are in Ukraine. "Russians are really disconnected from the reality of what happening to their country," Andrey said. "So Telegram has become essential for understanding what's going on to the Russian-speaking world." "Like the bombing of the maternity ward in Mariupol," he said, "Even before it hits the news, you see the videos on the Telegram channels." On Feb. 27, however, he admitted from his Russian-language account that "Telegram channels are increasingly becoming a source of unverified information related to Ukrainian events."
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