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Ukraine's IT Army was initiated by Ministry of Digital Transformation during the first hours of the war. Its goal is to combat Russian propaganda and brainwashing and undermine Russian people's trust in official sources such as federal TV channels. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian software engineers, cybersecurity specialists, hackers, marketers, and designers joined the IT Forces of Ukraine. As a result, more than half of the Ukraine IT Army's targeted sites faced partial or total outages in Russia, with more populace being confronted with forbidden truth about how Russian troops are slaying Ukraine's civilian population.