Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan has more on Ukraine prepping for a new offensive against Vladimir Putin's forces on'The Story with Martha MacCallum.' A Finish newspaper is using a video game map to smuggle information about the war in Ukraine to Russian citizens, bypassing Moscow's propaganda and censorship. "As we have been widely concerned about the press freedom situation and freedom of speech in Russia, we decided that maybe it's possible to find some new channels to provide Russian audience with some reliable, independent journalism for example about the situations in Ukraine," Antero Mukka, editor-in-chief of Helsingin Sanomat, told Retuers. Helsingin Sanomat, the country's largest newspaper, has struggled to bypass Russian media restrictions and decided to get creative as it looked to also mark World Press Freedom Day, which fell on May 3. "As the Russian government has de facto suppressed its national press and blocked access to foreign media," said Mukka, "Counter-Strike has remained as one of the rare channels that allows us to communicate independent information to Russians about real events from the war." The paper built a map for the first-person shooter multiplayer game Counter-Strike, which is incredibly popular in Russia.

Helsinki – A Finnish newspaper said Wednesday it was circumventing Russian media restrictions by hiding news reports about the war in Ukraine in a computer game popular among Russian gamers. "While Helsingin Sanomat and other foreign independent media are blocked in Russia, online games have not been banned so far," said Antero Mukka, editor-in-chief of Helsingin Sanomat. The newspaper was bypassing Russia's censorship through the competitive online shooter game Counter-Strike, which has many fans in Russia, where gaming terrorists and counter-terrorists battle against each other in timed matches. This could be due to a conflict with your ad-blocking or security software. Please add japantimes.co.jp and piano.io to your list of allowed sites.