Ukraine bans official use of Telegram app over fears of Russian spying

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> The Security Council statement said Budanov had provided evidence that Russian special services could access Telegram messages, including deleted ones, as well as users' personal data.

I think the amazing thing is that they gave it the benefit of the doubt until now. Given Russia's track record, if someone had borscht once in 1994 it's safer to assume they're a Russian agent until proven otherwise.

Borsch is a Ukrainian dish.

No, it isn't.

There are many kinds of borsch attributed to different countries -- Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Jewish, Belarusian, Lithuanian. [0] And "Ukrainian" borsch is cooked in Russia just as much.

Perhaps, you got confused by this PR stunt: "Due to the ongoing war and its negative impact on this tradition, Ukraine asked the Member States of the Committee to fast-track the examination of the nomination file for borscht to be inscribed on the List of Urgent Safeguarding as a case of extreme urgency" [1]

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borscht#Variations

[1] https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/culture-ukrainian-borscht...

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