The effects of the ban are likely to hit the front lines in Ukraine as well, where both Kyiv and Moscow’s troops have been seen using Discord to coordinate drone operations.

Several videos posted online have shown uniformed men watching surveillance drone feeds on the platform, including one clip said to have captured the interior of a command post in Bakhmut.

  • @[email protected]
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    538 hours ago

    Maybe it took this long to develop an alternative. They now have an alternative… Right? The Kremlin wouldn’t send it’s citizens off to fight without being sufficiently equipped… Right?

    • @AnUnusualRelic
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      105 hours ago

      They have tin cans and string. So they’re all set.

    • Random_Character_A
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      8 hours ago

      They still have those wire phones with a hand crank.

      Maybe Putins buddies have stocks in the wire industry.

      • Flying SquidM
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        117 hours ago

        They still have those wire phones with a hand crank.

        Good, because I don’t care how nice their soup cans are, there’s no way a string would be able to stay taut between Moscow and Donetsk.

      • @[email protected]
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        47 hours ago

        Relaying sensitive information over your own wires are a lot more secure then a privately owned service from a foreign country. It’s just a lot more cumbersome.