Russia put up towers in Mariupol that track Ukrainians' digital activity, an advisor to the city's exiled mayor says. He described the Russian troops' activities as Orwellian. "This is equipment for monitoring conversations and Internet traffic of Mariupol residents," Andryushchenko wrote alongside a video. The Russians are also using the towers for military communications, he wrote, adding that Russian troops have erected 40 such towers in Mariupol over the last three months. Old Orwell would simply be amazed how all his fictions became the reality of Mariupol," Andryushchenko wrote, referring to "1984" author George Orwell.

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Persons: Petro Andryushchenko, —, Andryushchenko, Orwell, George Orwell, Andryushchenko's, Vladimir Putin, Putin, Sergei Shoigu, Shoigu, ISW Organizations: Service, Kyiv Post, Ukraine, Institute for, Russian, Telegram, New York Times Locations: Russia, Mariupol, Ukrainian, Kherson, Odessa, Kharkiv, Ukraine