The administration of the social network Telegram is still refusing to contact the Ukrainian authorities and block channels that spread Russian propaganda. Yaroslav Yurchyshyn, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech, said this in a comment to Liga.

According to him, under such circumstances, blocking the messenger seems "certainly logical."

"It all depends on whether the Telegram administration, allegedly represented by Mr. Durov, will contact the Ukrainian authorities and block openly manipulative channels that spread Russian propaganda. Now they refuse to do so. Under such circumstances, of course, it seems logical to block this social network," Yurchyshyn said.

He noted that the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council and the Chief of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine can say more about the threats to national security from the messenger.

According to the MP, if these officials consider Telegram harmful, and the Security Service of Ukraine has a whole list of channels that spread Russian propaganda, then there are no other options than "blocking these channels by network administrators or blocking the network."