Ukrainian flag instead of Russia Today: Canada stops broadcasting Russian propaganda

The two largest Canadian cable TV providers, Bell and Rogers, are removing the Russian propaganda channel RT (Russia Today) from their packages.

Minister of Canadian Heritage Pablo Rodríguez wrote on his Twitter account, Ukrinform reports

"I commend Bell for removing RT. Russia has been conducting warfare in Ukraine since 2014 and information warfare across the world. RT is the propaganda arm of Putin’s regime that spreads disinformation. It has no place here. I’ll have more to say very soon,” Rodriguez wrote.

He later added that Rogers would also remove RT, replacing it with a broadcast of the Ukrainian flag.

Rogers confirmed the information about the termination of RT broadcast.

As a reminder, Lithuania have already banned the broadcast of RT, and soon such a ban will be introduced at the EU level. and soon such a ban will be introduced at the EU level.

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine and launched a large-scale invasion. Russian troops have been shelling and destroying key infrastructure. Missiles hit residential buildings.

Martial law was imposed in Ukraine and general mobilization was announced. Ukraine officially filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the losses of the Russian army reached about 4,500 people.

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