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военный блогер (The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) issued a rare statement on November 7 in response to extensive Russian milblogger outcry on November 6 about reported extensive losses and poor command within the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade of the Pacific Fleet. (ISW) AnastasiaRI); военблогер (1 A military service member who writes a blog.
2 A blogger, usually one with a close relationship to armed forces, who blogs, often from the front lines, about an ongoing war.: 1 One milblogger who writes anonymously, (as many do), commented in private correspondence with the author: […]
A number of milbloggers converted their work to published books after returning home.
The rise of milbloggers writing from within the war zone itself suggests that in terms of international news reported from outside the West, citizen journalism—just like mainstream news reporting—is likely to be more easily done by Westerners. 2 Some proxy officials from occupied Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts also operate as milbloggers because they voice their opinions, share analysis from other milbloggers, and disseminate footage from the frontlines independent of the Kremlin and often at odds with the official MoD and Kremlin lines.  wiktionary.org Alexander Demidov) |
