In an interview with The Insider, CIT Analyst Kirill Mikhailov noted that he does not have information about “whether these objects were Blue Google,” but trusts the expert as an expert Aspi Cyber Policy Neutan Ruser, who suggests that Google has employees who are listening to the US State Department about what images they follow show.

“If this information is strategically significant, then it is primarily interesting to researchers of open sources, which, based on public information, compose their data on the Russian army and, in general, about the Russian armed forces as a whole, including nuclear ones. As for intelligence, you need to understand that information in Google is often delayed, for a month, for two, that is, Google pictures are not always relevant. In addition, the same companies providing Google information provide information to the American government (Digital Globe, Maxar, etc.), and the American government, in turn, can share relevant data with Ukraine. Accordingly, this data is unlikely to have some influence on the course of the war, ”said Mikhailov.

On April 11, Roskomnadzor demanded that Google take measures to prevent threats against Russians in his services. The claims of Roskomnadzor were followed by reports on the incorrect work of the service for translating Google Translate. The medianoticed that when translating the phrase “Dear Russian” (“Dear Russians”) from English to Russian, it offers to replace it with Dead Russians (“Dead Russians”).

Google: The approach to displaying secret objects of the Russian Federation on the maps did not change