💡 In February 2022, I suggested to restrict Telegram channels in Russia and Ukraine, because they were being used for military propaganda. However, both our Ukrainian and Russian users vehemently opposed restrictions, prioritizing the freedom to access information, even when it’s biased. I supported our users’ choice 🫡

🚫 We still ban accounts and bots that collect coordinates to target strikes or post direct personal information with calls to violence. We don’t want Telegram to be a tool for violence — so please report such channels/bots to us if you see them ⛔️

✉️ As for general news/propaganda channels, we receive official letters from Apple that indicate that certain changes here may be unavoidable, at least for users accessing Telegram on iPhones from Ukrainian SIM cards. As I explained in my interview, to stay accessible to its users, Telegram must consider requests coming from App Stores 🍎

🗽Were it entirely up to us, we would always give our users what they ask for: access to uncensored information and opinions so that they can make their own decisions. However, it's not always up to us 🥲

⚡️🟡 🇺🇸 The US announced a new military aid package worth $1 billion

It includes:

🟠 RIM-7 and AIM-9M missiles for air defense;
🟠 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
🟠 Small arms and additional rounds of small arms ammunition, including .50 caliber rounds to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS);
🟠 Additional ammunition for HIMARSes;
🟠 155mm artillery rounds, including High Explosive and Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions rounds;
🟠 105mm artillery rounds;  
🟠 60mm mortar rounds;
🟠 Bradley IFVs;
🟠 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs);
🟠 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
🟠 Logistics support vehicles;
🟠 Tactical vehicles to tow and haul equipment;
🟠 Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
🟠 Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
🟠 Precision aerial munitions; 
🟠 Airfield support equipment;
🟠 Anti-armor mines;
🟠 Claymore anti-personnel munitions;
🟠 Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing;
🟠 Night vision devices;
🟠 Spare parts, field equipment, training munitions, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment