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If using Telegram, users were urged to disable the app's feature allowing other users to identify people who are geographically close to them. Deleting all markers that tie an individual to a specific affiliation, such as soldiers, law enforcement workers, and those working in the energy sector – especially nuclear power – was advised too.
"If your number appears in search results as recorded by third parties as 'Lesha FSB,' 'Pasha Rosgvardia,' 'Misha 123 Regiment,' this number needs to be changed, it has been compromised."
Social media posts must be audited too, removing any images or posts that are geotagged, out of fear that they could be used to locate Russian troops.
Citizens were additionally asked to avoid posting to social media any footage taken from dashcams or similar equipment, as these may show specific Russian military equipment in transit, which could then be used to locate soldiers.
El Reg approached the Ukrainian embassy in London for comment, but it did not respond. ®