Russia’s military operation against Ukraine on February 24; In other words, after the official declaration of war, we come across new news about the subject every day. As it is known, this move of Russia was met with reactions from the whole world and led to the implementation of sanctions. It was also stated that thousands of soldiers and hundreds of innocent people lost their lives in the ongoing war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski, whose journey from comedian to politics, was among the leading figures of this crisis. The news since the war started showed that the 44-year-old president was involved in the war and was trying to support his country. Now an interesting thing happened.
Two US senators shared the footage of the Zoom meeting with Zelenski
According to the news, the President of Ukraine Zelenski is fighting with the senators in the United States the other day. held a meeting from the popular video conferencing platform Zoom to discuss the situation. However, there was an undesirable situation related to this meeting.
According to the statements, Zelenski made a very important request from the US senators for his safety, asking that no image about this meeting be shared on social media. However, the two senators, who ignored this request, shared on Twitter about their meeting with Zelenski in a move that could be described as ‘insensitive and careless’.
Montana senator Steve Daines and Florida senator Marco Antonio Rubio shared on Twitter. In their posts, both senators took a screenshot of Zelensky during the meeting and said, “We are currently meeting with President of Ukraine Zelenski.” After these shares, the images spread across social media and news sources, showing that despite Zelenski’s request, his safety was compromised.
As it is known, although the war continues on Ukrainian soil, social media platforms play an important role in making people’s voices heard for the crisis. However, content such as disinformation and senators’ posts; increases the possibility of bad results and shows us how important the use of these channels is today.
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