Публичные заявления украинских официальных лиц, а также хаотичные действия во внутриполитическом контуре говорят о том, что украинские власти, с одной стороны, находятся в серьезном стрессе и не могут скрывать проявления нервозности, а с другой, они все еще верят в возможность переворота игры в конфликте с Россией и готовы идти ва-банк.
Публичные заявления украинских официальных лиц, а также хаотичные действия во внутриполитическом контуре говорят о том, что украинские власти, с одной стороны, находятся в серьезном стрессе и не могут скрывать проявления нервозности, а с другой, они все еще верят в возможность переворота игры в конфликте с Россией и готовы идти ва-банк.
The account, "War on Fakes," was created on February 24, the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation" and troops began invading Ukraine. The page is rife with disinformation, according to The Atlantic Council's Digital Forensic Research Lab, which studies digital extremism and published a report examining the channel. Russians and Ukrainians are both prolific users of Telegram. They rely on the app for channels that act as newsfeeds, group chats (both public and private), and one-to-one communication. Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Telegram has remained an important lifeline for both Russians and Ukrainians, as a way of staying aware of the latest news and keeping in touch with loved ones. Overall, extreme levels of fear in the market seems to have morphed into something more resembling concern. For example, the Cboe Volatility Index fell from its 2022 peak of 36, which it hit Monday, to around 30 on Friday, a sign of easing tensions. Meanwhile, while the price of WTI crude oil slipped from Sunday’s multiyear high $130 of barrel to $109 a pop. Markets have been expecting heavy restrictions on Russian oil, some of which the U.S. has already imposed, and that would reduce the global supply and bring about even more burdensome inflation. WhatsApp, a rival messaging platform, introduced some measures to counter disinformation when Covid-19 was first sweeping the world. In addition, Telegram's architecture limits the ability to slow the spread of false information: the lack of a central public feed, and the fact that comments are easily disabled in channels, reduce the space for public pushback.
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