BBC resurrects WWII-era shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion

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BBC resurrects WWII-era shortwave broadcasts as Russia blocks news of Ukraine invasion
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US and German publications are also reportedly affected.

) – оно доступно и работает. И подпишитесь на нас в соцсетях, чтобы следить за самыми важными новостями.Shortwave radio has a long history of wartime broadcasts.reports that its usage peaked during the Cold War, but that it was also used throughout WWII to broadcast propaganda. The BBC World Service ended its use of the technology in Europe in 2008 after 76 years.

The BBC’s Russia Twitter account is also advising that Russians download its iOS and Android apps as a workaround to access its online coverage. In 2019, the corporation also launched a, which is designed to offer a more secure, higher performance, and censorship-resistant way to access its website via Tor browsers compared to a typical .com or .co.uk URL. The BBC’s current onion domain is: https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion.

The BBC earlier reported that its Russian-speaking audience had seen a huge increase since the country’s invasion of Ukraine. Direct traffic to its Russian language coverage was more than triple its usual levels last week , while visitors to its English-language content in Russia increased by 252 percent last week. Visits to its Ukrainian-language coverage more than doubled.

“In a conflict where disinformation and propaganda is rife, there is a clear need for factual and independent news people can trust,” said BBC director-general Tim Davie. “We will continue giving the Russian people access to the truth, however we can.” While the BBC’s reach is being limited inside Russia, Russian state-backed media organizations RT and Sputnik are being targeted outside of the country by

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