• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-18/the-latest-on-russian-invasion-of-ukraine" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Russian President Vladimir Putin</a> met his generals to discuss how the war should proceed. Footage from Friday's meeting showed Putin flanked by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Armed Forces Chief Valeriy Gerasimov. Russia also released a video it said showed Shoigu visiting "<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russias-defence-minister-visits-troops-involved-ukraine-operation-ministry-2022-12-18/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">forward positions</a>" in Ukraine.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/11/0/1671392327710.png" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.04" width="550" alt="Ukraine control map" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via Bloomberg<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bottom line: The videos show an effort to portray Putin as a competent wartime leader and rehabilitate the image of Russia’s defense ministry as well, the Institute for the Study of War said in a report.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">In other news: Heating has been fully restored to Kyiv after the latest Russian bombardment that targeted water and power infrastructure, the capital's Mayor <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/heating-restored-freezing-kyiv-mayor-klitschko-2022-12-18/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Vitali Klitschko said</a> on Sunday. Friday’s missile attack was one of Russia’s heaviest barrages since the Kremlin's Feb. 24 invasion.</li></ul>

Aposto World

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-kyiv-government-and-politics-e98d1d788e132c2a1f2c8ead7ae58761" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Russian missiles struck Kyiv</a> early Sunday, hitting unspecified “infrastructure” targets but causing no casualties, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, while the Kremlin claimed it destroyed armored vehicles donated by Eastern European countries. Vladimir Putin threatened Kyiv with "hitting targets that they haven’t yet struck" if the West would deliver longer-range rocket systems to Ukraine. The Ukrainian capital had not been hit with missiles since the April 28 visit of UN Secretary-General António Guterres.<img src="https://images.aposto.com/2022/5/0/1654465453812.jpeg" style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px; border-style: none; position: relative; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; box-sizing: border-box;" ratio="1.43" width="550" alt="Kyiv" fr-original-style="display: block; float: none; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; width: 100%; max-width: 550px;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable">via Reuters<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">On the ground: Russian forces were pushed back in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk, regional governor <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/05/ukraine-war-live-russian-missiles-strike-kyiv-infrastructure-targets" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Serhiy Haidai said</a> on Sunday, adding that the city was now divided in half. The UK’s latest military intelligence assessment concurred, with the Ministry of Defense stating Ukrainian forces had launched a successful counter-offensive, taking back some of the city.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">The French connection: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.euronews.com/2022/06/05/ukraine-officials-hit-out-at-macron-after-suggestions-russia-should-not-be-humiliated" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">rebuked comments</a> made by French President Emmanuel Macron, who stated Russia should not be humiliated so that diplomacy remains an option when the fighting stops. Kuleba said the call to avoid the humiliation of Russia could only humiliate France, and that all should rather focus on “putting Russia in its place” if they want to bring peace.</li></ul>

⚡️ On the ground<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/kyivs-mayor-says-shelling-kills-least-one-podil-district-2022-03-20/" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">A shopping mall in Kyiv was wrecked</a> by Russian shelling, killing at least eight people, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. In accordance, the mayor announced a new 35-hour curfew for Ukraine's capital.</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Russia forcibly relocated thousands of children from the eastern Donbas region to Russia, Ukraine’s foreign ministry said, with Ministry Spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko noting that 2,389 children were relocated on a single day, March 19.&nbsp;</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/21/world/ukraine-russia-war" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">An ammonia leak was detected</a>&nbsp;in a chemical plant near Ukraine's north-eastern city of Sumy following a Russian shelling, as a 50-ton tank of the poison gas was damaged by the attack, local officials said. Residents of Novoselytsya, near Sumy, were advised to shelter because of the wind direction as the attack caused an ammonia cloud.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Some context: Russia has previously alleged that Ukraine was planning to use chemical weapons in the war, referring to the creation of industrial chemicals such as ammonia. Earlier this month, Russia's defense ministry alleged that Ukraine was plotting a "false flag" operation to blame Russia for using chemical weapons.</li></ul></li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2022/03/ukraine-civilian-casualty-update-21-march-2022" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">2,421 civilian casualties</a> were recorded in Ukraine by the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), with 925 killed and 1,496 injured, as of March 21.</li></ul>

<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Telegram Neden Tercih Ediliyor?</li></ul>Telegramın bu kadar sık tercih edilmesindeki en önemli sebep hükümetin doğrudan vatandaşlarına an be an savaşın seyrine dair bilgileri sansürsüz bir şekilde paylaşabilmesinden geliyor. Kullanıcılar, Ukrayna cumhurbaşkanı Vladimir Zelenski ve Kiev belediye başkanı Vitali Klitschko gibi kişilerin oluşturdukları Telegram kanallarına üye olup son dakika gelişmelerini<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/mar/05/telegram-app-ukraine-rides-high-thirst-trustworthy-news" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">&nbsp;takip edebiliyor</a>. Telegramın özellikle Doğu Avrupa ülkelerinde içeriklerin sansürsüz yayınlanabileceği bir platform olarak ön plana çıkmıştı.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Ukraynalıların Telegram Sevgisi</li></ul>Ukraynalıların Telegrama olan bağlılıkların savaşın öncesine dayanıyor. 2014 yılında Rusya hükümeti Pavel Durov’dan bir başka girişimi olan popüler video yükleme kanalı VK’dan Ukraynalı protestocuların kişisel bilgilerini Rusya güvenlik güçleri ile paylaşmasını<a fr-original-style="" href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavel_Durov" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">&nbsp;talep etti</a>. Durov ise bu talebi açıkça reddettiğinden dolayı CEO'luk görevinden alınmış ve daha sonrasında siyasi baskılar neticesinde ülkeyi terk edip sonrasında Telegram’ın merkezini Berlin’e taşıdı. Bu durum Telegram’ı Ukrayna’nın en popüler mesajlaşma uygulaması haline getirdi.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li dir="ltr" fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Telegramın Getirdiği Riskler</li></ul>Öte yandan, Telegram’ın içeriklere müdahil olmamasının bedellerini hesaba katmak gerekiyor. Stratejik Diyalog Enstitüsü’nden analist Ciaran O’Connor’a göre Rusya Telegram üzerinden Ukrayna’yı Nazilerden arındırdığını ve Ukrayna ordusunun zayıfladığına dair haberlerle dezenformasyona ön ayak oluyor. Telegram’ın kurucusu Pavel Durov ise bütün kanallardaki bilgilerin doğruluğunu kontrol etmek için fiziksel imkanlarının bulunmadığını<a fr-original-style="" href="https://t.me/durov_russia/40" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">&nbsp;ifade etti</a>. Üstelik DW Türkçe’nin haberine göre Alman hükümeti Telegram’a kurduğu baskı sonucunda nefret ve terör suçunun işlendiği 64 kanalı<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.dw.com/tr/alman-h%C3%BCk%C3%BCmetinin-telegrama-bask%C4%B1s%C4%B1-sonu%C3%A7-verdi-64-kanal-silindi/a-60754437" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">&nbsp;kapattırdı</a>. Ayrıca Signal’in kurucusu Moxie Marlinspike 25 Şubat’ta Telegram’ın mesajları özel kanallarda dışında şifrelemediğini ve bu durumun Ukraynalılar açısından ciddi güvenlik tehditlerine mal olabileceğine dair<a fr-original-style="" href="https://twitter.com/moxie/status/1474067549574688768" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">&nbsp;tweet attı</a>.

Kırılım Çağı

Rus birlikleri Kiev’i abluka altına almaya hazırlanırken milyonlarca Ukraynalı savaşa dair son gelişmeleri Telegram üzerinden UkraineNOW adlı kanaldan takip ediyor. Ukrayna’da işgal öncesinde dahi 500 bin üyeye sahip olan kanal, savaşın başlangıcı ile günde 8 milyon kez görüntülendi.

Ukrayna-Rusya Savaşı ve Telegram’ın Yükselişi

• <a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.birgun.net/haber/rusya-disisleri-bakani-lavrov-bize-saldiranlar-her-zaman-hak-ettigini-buldu-374888" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">Rusya</a> Dışişleri Bakanı Sergey Lavrov, NATO Genel Sekreteri Jens Stoltenberg'in "NATO'nun doğu kanadındaki askerî varlığını güçlendireceklerine"&nbsp;dair açıklamalarını&nbsp;"Stoltenberg'in gerçekle bağını kaybettiğini düşünüyorum."&nbsp;şeklinde yanıtladı. Batının "askerî çılgınlık" içinde olduğunu söyleyen Lavrov,&nbsp;"Biz kimseye saldırmadık. Bize saldıranlar da her zaman hak ettiğini buldu."&nbsp;dedi.<ul fr-original-style="padding-inline-start: 20px;" style="padding-inline-start: 20px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; list-style-position: inside; box-sizing: border-box;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Bir adım geriden:&nbsp;Almanya Savunma Bakanı Christine Lambrecht, Almanya'nın Ukrayna'ya 5 bin miğfer göndereceğini ifade etmişti. Kiev Belediye Başkanı Vitali Klitschko, Almanya'nın miğfer göndermesini "şaka" olarak tanımlamış; Rusya'nın Ukrayna'yı her an işgal edebileceğini belirtmiş ve "Almanya bir sonraki sefer nasıl bir destek gönderecek, yastık mı?" diye <a fr-original-style="" href="https://tr.euronews.com/2022/01/26/almanya-ukrayna-ya-5-bin-migfer-gonderecegiz-dedi-kiev-belediye-baskan-saka-olarak-tan-mla" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color: rgb(9, 9, 9); text-decoration: none; background-color: transparent; outline: none; cursor: pointer; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; touch-action: manipulation; user-select: auto; box-sizing: border-box;" target="_blank">sormuştu</a>.</li></ul>

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