New YouTube ban on 'Masha and the Bear' in Ukraine

The video platform YouTube blocked 16 Russian channels in Ukraine that were "spreading propaganda and advocating war against Ukraine." These include channels of Russian propagandists, artists, and foreign-language channels of the animated series 'Masha and the Bear'. Ukrainska Pravda writes this, citing the Ukrainian Center for Combating Disinformation on Telegram. Last August, the Ukrainian newspaper recalls, YouTube blocked three channels of the Russian animated series 'Masha and the Bear' in Ukraine: one in Russian, one in Ukrainian and one in English.

"According to the Central Commission for Data Protection - we read - YouTube has blocked the channels of the Russian military correspondent Alexander Sladkov and the blogger Sergey Kolyasnikov (Zergulio). The channels of the Russian artists Nadiya Babkina, Yulia Savicheva, Victoria Daineko, Masha Weber and the musical group Uma2rman have also been blocked".

Furthermore, propaganda channels 'Russian Skleyki SVO', 'Sevastopolsky Korrespondent' and foreign-language channels of the Russian animated series 'Masha and the Bear' were blocked in Ukraine.