A young girl passes by a destroyed apartment building in Bakhmut in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas on May 22, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The city is now occupied by Russian forces, and a target of the Russian disinformation operations. (Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/AFP via Getty Images) Network of hyperlocal Russian Telegram channels spew disinformation in occupied Ukraine Research published by a Ukrainian think tank shows a network of at least 88 local Telegram channels. May 23, 2022 By Suzanne Smalley