Russia likely seeking to reduce Ukraine’s access to news – UK intelligence

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LONDON (Reuters) – Russia might be focusing on Ukraine’s communication infrastructure to scale back entry to dependable information sources, Britain’s Ministry of Defence stated on Monday.

“Russia might be focusing on Ukraine’s communications infrastructure to be able to cut back Ukrainian residents’ entry to dependable information and data,” a defence intelligence replace posted on Twitter stated.

“Ukrainian web entry can also be extremely probably being disrupted because of collateral injury from Russian strikes on infrastructure.”

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(Reporting by William James; Modifying by Kate Holton)