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Russia’s “Secure” Max App Flagged as Security Risk, Troops in Ukraine Told to Stop Using It

Russian authorities advise frontline troops to avoid Max app due to security risks and Ukrainian interception, while Telegram remains restricted but not fully blocked, officials said.

Summary by United24
Russian troops fighting in Ukraine have been advised not to use or install Russia’s state-backed messaging app Max, after pro-war military bloggers said the service was deemed insufficiently secure, according to The Moscow Times on February 23.  The Russian Telegram channel Fighterbomber, citing sources, said directives had reached military units to ban the “use and installation of the most secure national messenger in the world,” a sarcastic re…

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Russian army units fighting in Ukraine are advised not to use Max's "national messenger" because it is not sufficiently safe to report "Mediazona" with reference to the source.

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The author of Fighterbomber's provocative television channel, referring to his sources, reports that the Russian army has banned...

Russian servicemen in Ukraine have been advised not to use the so-called Russian national messenger Max for communication, amid restrictions on the Telegram messenger in Russia.

The Russian military has been advised not to use the national mixer Max for communication. This is reported by sources of the white-hot Fighterbomber television channel (led by the nearest Z-bloger Ilya Tumanov) and "Mediazona". "In the midst of the suffocation of the cart by all available means, the Lao troops [so Tumanov calls the Forces of the Russian Federation] have been ordered to ban the use and installation of the world's most secure nat…

The decision was caused by security holes in the national messenger

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Mediazona broke the news in on Monday, February 23, 2026.
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