Сьогодні в Україні відзначають День Сержанта — свято всіх тих, хто стоїть на передовій бойового духу наших Збройних Сил.
Сержанти — це лідери та наставники для бійців. В умовах важких боїв вони стають надійною опорою, згуртовують воїнів і підтримують бойову готовність.
Дякуємо за вашу силу та відданість, які щодня наближають нас до перемоги!
Слава сержантам! Слава ЗСУ! 🇺🇦✊
🇬🇧Today, Ukraine celebrates Sergeant's Day — a holiday honoring all those who stand at the forefront of the fighting spirit of our Armed Forces.
Sergeants are the leaders and mentors for soldiers. In the toughest battles, they serve as a reliable support, uniting warriors and maintaining combat readiness.
Thank you for your strength and dedication, which bring us closer to victory every day!
Glory to the sergeants! Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine! 🇺🇦✊
Сьогодні в Україні відзначають День Сержанта — свято всіх тих, хто стоїть на передовій бойового духу наших Збройних Сил.
Сержанти — це лідери та наставники для бійців. В умовах важких боїв вони стають надійною опорою, згуртовують воїнів і підтримують бойову готовність.
Дякуємо за вашу силу та відданість, які щодня наближають нас до перемоги!
Слава сержантам! Слава ЗСУ! 🇺🇦✊
🇬🇧Today, Ukraine celebrates Sergeant's Day — a holiday honoring all those who stand at the forefront of the fighting spirit of our Armed Forces.
Sergeants are the leaders and mentors for soldiers. In the toughest battles, they serve as a reliable support, uniting warriors and maintaining combat readiness.
Thank you for your strength and dedication, which bring us closer to victory every day!
Glory to the sergeants! Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine! 🇺🇦✊
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. At its heart, Telegram is little more than a messaging app like WhatsApp or Signal. But it also offers open channels that enable a single user, or a group of users, to communicate with large numbers in a method similar to a Twitter account. This has proven to be both a blessing and a curse for Telegram and its users, since these channels can be used for both good and ill. Right now, as Wired reports, the app is a key way for Ukrainians to receive updates from the government during the invasion. Ukrainian forces have since put up a strong resistance to the Russian troops amid the war that has left hundreds of Ukrainian civilians, including children, dead, according to the United Nations. Ukrainian and international officials have accused Russia of targeting civilian populations with shelling and bombardments. Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” At the start of 2018, the company attempted to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) which would enable it to enable payments (and earn the cash that comes from doing so). The initial signals were promising, especially given Telegram’s user base is already fairly crypto-savvy. It raised an initial tranche of cash – worth more than a billion dollars – to help develop the coin before opening sales to the public. Unfortunately, third-party sales of coins bought in those initial fundraising rounds raised the ire of the SEC, which brought the hammer down on the whole operation. In 2020, officials ordered Telegram to pay a fine of $18.5 million and hand back much of the cash that it had raised.
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