Petro Poroshenko called on the authorities to extend the ban on Russian social networks and channels.

Photo: Petro Poroshenko (eurosolidarity.org)

Poroshenko requires Zelensky to hold NSDC meeting on this issue

The informative response to the Kremlin’s hybrid aggression is no less important than the military. This was stated by the fifth president, leader of the European Solidarity party Petro Poroshenko on the air of the Peace and War teleconference on the 75th anniversary of the victory over Nazism in World War II, reports RBC-Ukraine.

Furthermore, Poroshenko urged President Vladimir Zelensky to immediately hold an NSDC meeting and to extend the ban on Russian resources in Ukraine.

“I demand that the president immediately convene a meeting of the NSDC and continue measures to ban Russian social media and channels in Ukraine. What I did 5 years ago,” Poroshenko said.

“Remember how many stones were thrown at me when I brought up the issue of banning Russian social media VKontakte and Odnoklassniki to the National Security and Defense Council? How many said it was a violation of freedom of expression, that this was in no way right? Can you do it? Until the data of the subscribers of VKontakte and Odnoklassniki were found in the FSB Do you remember how many criticisms there were at my address when Russia 24, Russia Today, ORT and others were banned for transmission in Ukraine? Then you created the legislative framework and he did it, “added Poroshenko.

In his opinion, it is necessary to create conditions, even for the Russian-speaking citizens of Europe and the United States of America, in order to have a pan-European, Pan-American channel in Russian that allows an alternative point of view to be heard.

“Because when people are sitting on the needle of” Russia today or “Russia 24”, it is very easy to deceive and support the fifth column within the state. The efforts that we must direct to counter the information to hybrid aggression are no less important than those efforts and means that we dedicate to the defense of the state, “summarized Poroshenko.

We will recall that before, the Parliament’s National Security, Defense and Intelligence Commission recommended to the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to adopt draft resolution No. 3319, which proposes extension of the ban on Russian social networks.