In the area of the Kyiv Reservoir, Bucha and Gostomel the infamous Kadyrovtsy are located. But one can't see them fighting: all videos with well-dressed chechens from the National Guard are recorded in safe places.
What are they doing there? The answer is simple: the Chechen police forces oppose retreating combat units (maybe they are not barrier troops, but putinists are scared anyway).
In the area of the Kyiv Reservoir, Bucha and Gostomel the infamous Kadyrovtsy are located. But one can't see them fighting: all videos with well-dressed chechens from the National Guard are recorded in safe places.
What are they doing there? The answer is simple: the Chechen police forces oppose retreating combat units (maybe they are not barrier troops, but putinists are scared anyway).
The original Telegram channel has expanded into a web of accounts for different locations, including specific pages made for individual Russian cities. There's also an English-language website, which states it is owned by the people who run the Telegram channels. Also in the latest update is the ability for users to create a unique @username from the Settings page, providing others with an easy way to contact them via Search or their t.me/username link without sharing their phone number. Messages are not fully encrypted by default. That means the company could, in theory, access the content of the messages, or be forced to hand over the data at the request of a government. 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.
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