Будущий командир разведроты батальона "Заря" Армии Юго-Востока россиянин Александр Стефановский "Мангуст" в бытность службы в Чечне, 2002 год.
Александр Стефановский добровольцем прибыл на Донбасс в мае 2014 года и возглавил собственное подразделение, участвовавшее в обороне Луганска в августе 2014-го. С 4 на 5 августа оборонял северо-восточный пригород Луганска Большую Вергунку, украинские войска вплотную подошли к городу. Погиб 5 числа от осколочного ранения.
Будущий командир разведроты батальона "Заря" Армии Юго-Востока россиянин Александр Стефановский "Мангуст" в бытность службы в Чечне, 2002 год.
Александр Стефановский добровольцем прибыл на Донбасс в мае 2014 года и возглавил собственное подразделение, участвовавшее в обороне Луганска в августе 2014-го. С 4 на 5 августа оборонял северо-восточный пригород Луганска Большую Вергунку, украинские войска вплотную подошли к городу. Погиб 5 числа от осколочного ранения.
As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike. Stocks dropped on Friday afternoon, as gains made earlier in the day on hopes for diplomatic progress between Russia and Ukraine turned to losses. Technology stocks were hit particularly hard by higher bond yields. The last couple days have exemplified that uncertainty. On Thursday, news emerged that talks in Turkey between the Russia and Ukraine yielded no positive result. But on Friday, Reuters reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin said there had been some “positive shifts” in talks between the two sides. 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. Given the pro-privacy stance of the platform, it’s taken as a given that it’ll be used for a number of reasons, not all of them good. And Telegram has been attached to a fair few scandals related to terrorism, sexual exploitation and crime. Back in 2015, Vox described Telegram as “ISIS’ app of choice,” saying that the platform’s real use is the ability to use channels to distribute material to large groups at once. Telegram has acted to remove public channels affiliated with terrorism, but Pavel Durov reiterated that he had no business snooping on private conversations.
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