Telegram unblocks chatbots used by Ukraine's security services

FILE PHOTO: A keyboard is placed in front of a displayed Telegram logo in this illustration taken February 21, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine said on Monday the Telegram messaging app had restored access to a number of chatbots used by Ukraine's security agencies to collect information about Russia's war effort after the services were briefly suspended.

The Dubai-based Telegram app founded by Russian-born Pavel Durov blocked a number of bots used by Ukraine to fight back against Russia's full-scale invasion, Kyiv's military spy agency GUR said in a statement shortly after midnight.