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1,500 Russian media outlets blocked in Ukraine

Politics 12:22 20 Mar, 2022

1,500 Russian media outlets blocked in Ukraine

1,500 Russian media outlets blocked in Ukraine

Some 1,500 media outlets spreading Russian propaganda have been blocked in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency said over the weekend.

Qazet.az reports that it quoted the National Police saying: "We have managed to block a total of 1,500 outlets of the aggressor.

"The blocked channels had an estimated audience of 15 million people.

"In addition, 3,178 publications justifying war crimes and the deaths of Ukrainian civilians have been taken down."