![]() ![]() The United States has imposed sanctions on a network of entities and individuals that it says are involved in supplying Russia with military technology to use in its war against Ukraine. It has also forbidden media organizations from describing Russia’s unprovoked actions as an invasion or a war, instead insisting they are called "special military operations." Russia's media regulator, Roskomnadzor, has ordered media to only publish information provided by official sources. Russian authorities have intensified pressure on media outlets, threatening them for their reporting about the invasion on topics such as the heavy resistance being put up by Ukrainian forces despite Russia's overwhelming military power. Last week, Anonymous said it hacked several Russian media outlets, including the state TASS news agency, Kommersant, Izvestia, Fontanka, Forbes, and RBK.īefore that, on February 26, the official website of the Kremlin, the office of Russian President Vladimir Putin (), was down following reports of denial-of-service attacks on various other Russian government and state media websites.Īnonymous claimed it was behind that hacking attack as well. It is not the first hacking attack on Russian media outlets during Moscow's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The streaming platforms and television channels are now back broadcasting without the hackers' interference. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click here. RFE/RL's Live Briefinggives you all of the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, Kyiv's counteroffensive, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians. ![]()
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