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With 72 percent of Ukrainians using it to get news and with some state agencies relying on it, Telegram has become the key social-media platform in wartime Ukraine. Critics accuse it of facilitating Russia’s disinformation and military efforts, and Ukrainian authorities are mulling restrictions.
To see some of the horrors Russia’s war has brought to Ukraine, one just has to click on the #RussiaIsATerroristState hashtag on social media. Given the scale of Russia’s ongoing attacks, which have left entire cities blacked out and destroyed, and thousands of people killed, the hashtag is used daily by hundreds of people, including Ukrainian and Western officials. More than two years into the full-scale invasion, Lachenkov, now 24, has become more than just a social media influencer.