Between videos dating back to old conflicts or even video games passed off as testimonials from the camp, pages of meme on Instagram that morph overnight into bogus war reporters and Russian government-controlled media, it’s hard to tell what’s real and what which is not on social media – especially when the situation is constantly developing.
A recommendation to make, especially for those who did not already follow international politics assiduously before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is to take the time to read insights that put the conflict in its historical and political context: although social networks are tools now fundamental for the information of millions of people, the format of a tweet or a story on Instagram does not lend itself to the effective understanding of what is happening. Here is the live broadcast of Repubblica on Russia and Ukraine, constantly updated.
Nonetheless, many people are also doing an excellent job of informing on social networks, telling about the developments of the war in the field or collecting what has been told by local journalists. Here are some tips on the pages and channels to follow to stay informed about the war in Ukraine:
The case
What Russia said about the war in Ukraine and the International Space Station
by Emilio Cozzi
Official accounts
War in Ukraine
From Facebook to Twitter: the economic sanctions of social networks to Russia
by Simone Cosimi
Local media and journalists on the ground
- The Kyiv Post, local newspaper in English, su Twitter and Instagram.
- The Kyiv Independent, an independent local newspaper supported by grassroots donations, featured on Twitter and Facebook.
- Olya Rudenkochief editor of the Kyiv Independent
- Oleksiy Sorokina journalist for the Kyiv Independent
- Katerina Sergatskovachief editor of the Ukrainian independent media Zaborona
- Nataliya Gumenyukfondatrice del Public Interest Journalism Lab
- Myroslava Datejournalist of the Ukrainian service of the BBC
- Olga Tokariukcorrespondent of the Spanish news agency EFE
- Polina IvanovaFinancial Times correspondent in Ukraine
- Sara Cincurovafreelance journalist in Ukraine
- Francesca Mannocchi, Italian journalist sent to Ukraine (su Twitter and Instagram)
- Valerio Nicolosi, Italian journalist in Kyiv (on Instagram)
- Matthew ChanceCNN correspondent in Kyiv
- Isabelle KhurshudyanWashington Post correspondent
- Michael SchwirtzNew York Times reporter
- Christopher MillerBuzzFeed correspondent
Zelensky’s sense for Twitter
by Riccardo Luna
YouTube
Telegram
Telegram is among the main vectors of disinformation, along with TikTok. Both applications are not recommended as the main source of information on the war in Ukraine.
Here is a list of channels NOT to follow as they are full of Russian propaganda.
On the other hand, the Kyiv Independent’s Telegram channel (in English) is reliable
The resources to recognize fake news