YouTube blocked the channel of the People's Militia of the DPR

Youtube app on smartphone screenDONETSK, Feb 4The Department of the People's Militia of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic stated that its YouTube channel was blocked. «On February 4, the YouTube Internet hosting blocked the official information resources of the People's Militias of our republic and Luhansk … Blocking the information resources of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics is a violation of the norms and principles of the United Nations regarding the right to freedom of information… Our channel, like other disabled resources, had a significant audience, more than 2 million users,» said Eduard Basurin, deputy head of the People's Militia Department of the DPR. He noted that the DPR will expand the possibilities for information broadcasting.Facebook blocked the page of the People's Militia of the LPR»The press service of the Donetsk People's Militia will continue its activities to reveal the aggressive plans of the Kiev regime. In response to Ukrainian and Western information aggression, we will expand our capabilities for information broadcasting,» Basurin said. Earlier, YouTube blocked a number of information channels of the LPR and DPR, including the channel of the People's Militia of the LPR. At the end of January, the People's Militia announced the development by the Ukrainian special services, with the support of the Western, of an information campaign against the republics of Donbass, codenamed Crushing sword. «We believe that the attack on our Internet resources is part of the Crushing Sword information campaign unleashed by the Western and Ukrainian special services against our republics. The goal is an information blockade of the republics and depriving us of the opportunity to quickly inform the world community about the preparation of the Kiev regime for aggression in the Donbass,» Basurin said. Moscow has repeatedly stated that Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements and drags out negotiations to resolve the conflict. The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Kiev sent half of the entire personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine to the Donbass. Moscow expressed concern about the transfer of military equipment from NATO countries to the Russian borders and the increase in the number of Western instructors in the Donbass. Western countries continue to provide military support to Ukraine, including by supplying weapons that are used in the Donbass.