— 🇸🇾/🇮🇱 NEW: 'The summit of Mount Hermon is Israel's eye for monitoring near and far threats. From here, on the right, we watch Hezbollah in Lebanon, on the left, Damascus - and in front of us we see Israel - the Israeli army is here to protect the Golan and the citizens of Israel from any threat' — Israeli Defense MinisterKatz
— 🇸🇾/🇮🇱 NEW: 'The summit of Mount Hermon is Israel's eye for monitoring near and far threats. From here, on the right, we watch Hezbollah in Lebanon, on the left, Damascus - and in front of us we see Israel - the Israeli army is here to protect the Golan and the citizens of Israel from any threat' — Israeli Defense MinisterKatz
But the Ukraine Crisis Media Center's Tsekhanovska points out that communications are often down in zones most affected by the war, making this sort of cross-referencing a luxury many cannot afford. Oleksandra Matviichuk, a Kyiv-based lawyer and head of the Center for Civil Liberties, called Durov’s position "very weak," and urged concrete improvements. Pavel Durov, a billionaire who embraces an all-black wardrobe and is often compared to the character Neo from "the Matrix," funds Telegram through his personal wealth and debt financing. And despite being one of the world's most popular tech companies, Telegram reportedly has only about 30 employees who defer to Durov for most major decisions about the platform. Some people used the platform to organize ahead of the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January 2021, and last month Senator Mark Warner sent a letter to Durov urging him to curb Russian information operations on Telegram. Ukrainian forces successfully attacked Russian vehicles in the capital city of Kyiv thanks to a public tip made through the encrypted messaging app Telegram, Ukraine's top law-enforcement agency said on Tuesday.
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