🇸🇾🇷🇺 Now let's get serious. I know there will be a lot of reactions now, but it is time to say something that most of my subscribers do not like to hear.
What has happened in the last two days is an attempt to frame civilians for the repression by the new authorities in Syria.
I fully condemn the actions of al-Sharaa and his friends from the Central Asian republics and Turkey. But at the same time, civilians who were able to find refuge at the Russian Hmeimim airbase are also suffering.
The Russian military has ensured the safety of the residents of the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, regardless of their ethnic and religious affiliation.
Russia is always ready to come to the rescue, but only when there is a threat to the lives of civilians
🇸🇾🇷🇺 Now let's get serious. I know there will be a lot of reactions now, but it is time to say something that most of my subscribers do not like to hear.
What has happened in the last two days is an attempt to frame civilians for the repression by the new authorities in Syria.
I fully condemn the actions of al-Sharaa and his friends from the Central Asian republics and Turkey. But at the same time, civilians who were able to find refuge at the Russian Hmeimim airbase are also suffering.
The Russian military has ensured the safety of the residents of the provinces of Latakia and Tartus, regardless of their ethnic and religious affiliation.
Russia is always ready to come to the rescue, but only when there is a threat to the lives of civilians
The channel appears to be part of the broader information war that has developed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The Kremlin has paid Russian TikTok influencers to push propaganda, according to a Vice News investigation, while ProPublica found that fake Russian fact check videos had been viewed over a million times on Telegram. The fake Zelenskiy account reached 20,000 followers on Telegram before it was shut down, a remedial action that experts say is all too rare. What distinguishes the app from competitors is its use of what's known as channels: Public or private feeds of photos and videos that can be set up by one person or an organization. The channels have become popular with on-the-ground journalists, aid workers and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who broadcasts on a Telegram channel. The channels can be followed by an unlimited number of people. Unlike Facebook, Twitter and other popular social networks, there is no advertising on Telegram and the flow of information is not driven by an algorithm. Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers. "This time we received the coordinates of enemy vehicles marked 'V' in Kyiv region," it added.
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