Ukrainians use VKontakte marketplaces to inform Russians about the war

Rubtsovsk residents are getting messages about soldiers' looting

from GlobalVoices Online:

https://globalvoices.org/2022/04/15/ukrainians-use-vkontakte-marketplaces-to-inform-russians-about-the-war/

The Russian town of Rubtsovsk has been in the news recently after Russian soldiers were seen mailing large amounts of goods from the Belarus town of Mozyr, to various destinations in Russia. Most of the packages were mailed to the town Rubtsovsk in Russia's Altai region, according to some Belarus media sources, and are thought to be goods stolen from Ukraine. And now, Ukrainian users are directly intervening in an online marketplace as a way of communicating with Russians about the war, as residents in Rubtsovsk advertise items that could have been looted.

In the process, they are challenging Russian propaganda by showing Rubtsovsk VK users videos and photos from Ukraine, including images of the soldiers who sent 450-kg packages “back home,” and of the blood, murders, and bombings.

Read more: https://globalvoices.org/2022/04/15/ukrainians-use-vkontakte-marketplaces-to-inform-russians-about-the-war/

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