Russia’s FSB Says Ukraine Can Tap Front-Line Data Via Telegram

Russia said Ukraine can obtain sensitive information from troops using the Telegram app on the front line, signaling tightening scrutiny over a platform used by millions of Russians.

The use of Telegram in combat areas has repeatedly endangered the lives of Russian servicemen, Russia’s Federal Security Service, a powerful domestic intelligence agency and the main successor to the Soviet-era KGB, said in the statement through RIA Novosti on Saturday. Ukraine’s special services can quickly obtain information from the messaging platform and use it for military purposes, it said.