{"id":1390575,"date":"2026-06-17T19:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1390575"},"modified":"2026-06-17T19:50:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:50:22","slug":"freedom-in-may-growing-viewership-attention-to-news-about-deep-strikes-inside-russia-zelenskyy-s-permission-for-the-moscow-parade-and-the-ukrainian-president-s-international-meetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/freedom-in-may-growing-viewership-attention-to-news-about-deep-strikes-inside-russia-zelenskyy-s-permission-for-the-moscow-parade-and-the-ukrainian-president-s-international-meetings\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c in May: Growing Viewership, Attention to News About Deep Strikes Inside Russia, Zelenskyy\u2019s Permission for the Moscow Parade, and the Ukrainian President\u2019s International Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over the month, the total number of views of FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c content on Ukraine\u2019s international broadcasting digital platforms increased by 32% compared to April. This was driven by strong audience attention to Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s sharp reaction to Russia\u2019s missile terror against Ukraine and Russia\u2019s blackmail of diplomatic missions in Kyiv, news about strikes by Ukraine\u2019s Defense Forces against enemy logistics in temporarily occupied territories and effective attacks deep inside Russian territory, including Moscow and Grozny, international visits by the President of Ukraine and events surrounding Putin\u2019s \u201cparade of shame,\u201d as well as the rapid development of new FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c platforms on Instagram and YouTube.<\/em><\/p>\n

In May, FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c content on international broadcasting platforms in social networks and messengers (YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Telegram, X, WhatsApp) collected 102 million*<\/strong> views <\/strong>(77.4 million in April, an increase of 32%). In particular, 43.4 million<\/strong> views were recorded on FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c YouTube channels**, with 85.5% coming from abroad; 20.1 million<\/strong> on Facebook; 6.9 million on Telegram; 12.2 million combined on FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c and FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c.\u041a\u0410\u0412\u041a\u0410\u0417 TikTok <\/a>accounts; and 18.8<\/strong> million combined on the new FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c.\u041a\u0410\u0412\u041a\u0410\u0417<\/a> and FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c<\/a> Instagram accounts. The total number of views of FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c content on the digital platforms of the State Enterprise \u201cIBMPU\u201d and its partners amounted to 165.8 million<\/strong> for the month (15.5 billion over the entire period of operation***). During the month, the FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c mobile app for Android and iOS recorded more than 324,000<\/strong> visits. The FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c website<\/a> received more than 1.3 million<\/strong> visits in May. Reach through posts in FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c YouTube channel communities reached 10.9 million<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Last month, the highest number of views \u2014 2.1 million \u2014 was received by a video of Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s conversation with Ahmad Akhmedov<\/a>, President of the World Congress of the Peoples of Dagestan, about the legacy of Imam Shamil and the struggle for independence: 95.3% of the audience came from abroad, including 46% from Russia and 5.8% from Kazakhstan. Another 4.7 million<\/strong> views were recorded for this video on FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c.\u041a\u0410\u0412\u041a\u0410\u0417 Instagram<\/a>: 99.5% from abroad and 88.1% from Russia. Materials about Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s diplomatic efforts to strengthen support for Ukraine among partners also showed strong international performance, particularly around the President\u2019s visits to Romania<\/a>, Armenia<\/a> and Sweden<\/a>, with 90\u201395% of views coming from abroad. Among the top cities, in addition to Moscow and St. Petersburg, were Yerevan, Minsk, Tashkent, Almaty, Dushanbe, Baku, Tbilisi and Riga. Against the backdrop of reports about a possible offensive from Belarus and the involvement of the Belarusian army in the war against Ukraine, there was also high interest in the visit to Ukraine by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/a>: more than 620,000 <\/strong>views, 95.6% from abroad, including 37.3% from Russia, 8.9% from Uzbekistan, 6.9% from Kazakhstan and 6.5% from Belarus; Minsk ranked among the top five cities.<\/p>\n

FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c\u2019s international audience traditionally followed closely Ukrainian Defense Forces\u2019 strikes against Russia\u2019s oil infrastructure and the aggressor\u2019s military-industrial facilities. More than 720,000<\/strong> YouTube views were recorded for Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s statement that Putin is leading Russia to bankruptcy<\/a>, that the regime\u2019s reserve of financial stability has approached a critical point, and that every precise Ukrainian strike on oil refineries and joint Western sanctions are narrowing Russia\u2019s room for maneuver (97% of the audience from abroad, including 50% from Russia and 5.8% from Germany). More than 720,000<\/strong> views on Instagram were recorded for videos about successful drone strikes on facilities in Grozny<\/a>: 98.5% of views came from abroad, including 65.1% from Russia, 12.8% from Kazakhstan and 7.7% from Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n

Audience attention to the issue of the May 9 parade in Moscow was significant: discussions about a \u201csilence regime\u201d during the parade and permission for it from the President of Ukraine became one of the most resonant events of May. Altogether, this content received more than 4 million views across all FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c digital platforms (YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Telegram, X, WhatsApp)****. More than 710,000<\/strong> views were recorded for Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s address<\/a> in which he noted that Ukraine would respond symmetrically to any Russian attempts to disrupt the May ceasefire: 90% of views came from abroad, including 43.1% from Russia, 6.3% from Kazakhstan and 5.7% from Germany. News reports about Ukraine\u2019s permission for Putin<\/a> to hold the parade received more than 400,000<\/strong> views. A feature on the historic May 1, 1941 parade in Moscow<\/a>, whose honored guests included representatives of the Nazi regime, received 925,000<\/strong> views on FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c.\u041a\u0410\u0412\u041a\u0410\u0417 Instagram: 89% from abroad, including 36.7% from Russia and 16.4% from Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n

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In May, new FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c platforms on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram developed rapidly. In particular, the newly created short-video YouTube channel FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c.\u041b\u0415\u041d\u0422\u0410 \u041d\u041e\u0412\u041e\u0421\u0422\u0415\u0419<\/a>\u00a0 received 4.9 million views, nearly 1 million of which (19.4%) came from Moscow<\/strong>. FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c.\u041a\u0410\u0412\u041a\u0410\u0417 accounts on Instagram<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> received 17.9 million views (94.5% from abroad, 64.1% from Russia) and 15.2 million views (67% from abroad), respectively. On FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c.\u041a\u0410\u0412\u041a\u0410\u0417 Instagram, the most popular video in May was a report about Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan\u2019s<\/a> meeting with Putin, which demonstrated that Yerevan would no longer submit to Moscow. The video received 5.7 million views and more than 140,000 likes; 97.9% of views came from abroad and 75.8% from Russia. There was also strong interest in materials about the possible conflict between Kadyrov and Putin<\/a> (1.7 million views, 62.3% from Russia); secret prisons<\/a> and persecution of political opponents in Chechnya (720,000 views, 79.6% from Russia); commemorative events honoring victims of the Circassian genocide<\/a> (520,000 views, 90% from Russia); and the treachery of Kremlin policy<\/a> toward the Caucasus and neighboring states (1 million views, 58% from Russia, 11.5% from Kazakhstan and 4.4% from Kyrgyzstan).<\/p>\n

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FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c.\u041a\u0410\u0412\u041a\u0410\u0417<\/a> YouTube channel materials received 4.1 million views in May, including 86% from abroad, 40% from Russia, 8.1% from Kazakhstan and 5.5% from Germany. More than 220,000 people watched a video about how Russia is reducing the teaching of indigenous languages<\/a> and thereby erasing national identity. Another 235,000 views were recorded for the same video on Instagram<\/a> (99.8% international audience, 84.7% from Russia). Videos on FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c.\u041a\u0410\u0412\u041a\u0410\u0417 TikTok<\/a> were viewed 5.1 million times in May (2 million in April).<\/p>\n

In May, FREE\u0414\u041e\u041c launched<\/a> a new information and analytical project, \u201cPrison of Nations,\u201d devoted to indigenous peoples, national republics and regions of the Russian Federation that have existed for decades under conditions of internal colonization. Viewers also saw the premiere<\/a> of the documentary \u201cI Want to Live,\u201d<\/a> produced by the State Enterprise \u201cIBMPU,\u201d about the unique state project of the same name that enables Russian servicemen to surrender safely and voluntarily. The full film and excerpts from it were viewed more than 260,000 times (91% of the audience from abroad, more than 40% from Russia).<\/p>\n