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After a recent Google Maps update, multiple images of Ukrainian defence installations appeared on the maps. However, the company agreed to remove the images – but not until a widespread public outcry regarding the matter emerged.
Source: Andrii Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, on Telegram
Quote: “We asked them to fix it fast, but they were out for a weekend. It did not concern them. All the while Russians were already actively spreading these images,” Kovalenko said.
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After that, according to Kovalenko, Google representatives said they were already working to correct the situation with pictures of the deployment of military facilities in Ukraine.
Background: Russian forces are attempting to remove around 300 tonnes of sunflower crops from the temporarily-occupied Luhansk Oblast.
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