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Marija Stonyte picks up her phone and anxiously dials in a number. After a couple of rings, a woman picks up.
"I'm calling to tell you a very important message. I don't know if you know a lot about what is actually happening right now in Ukraine," Stonyte says in the call last month, her voice trembling as her 1-year-old daughter babbles in the background. There's silence on the other end of the line. "The real truth is that it is a terrible invasion." Listen to Marija Stonyte call Russia Note: Voices have been altered to protect the identity of the person interviewed.
This is one of dozens of cold calls that Stonyte and her husband make every day to people in Russia from their home in Lithuania as part of a volunteer initiative aimed at penetrating Russia's so-called digital iron curtain.Read MoreRussia's ongoing onslaught in Ukraine has seen cities bombarded, civilians killed, and more than 4 million flee the country. But at home, many Russians know little about what is unfolding.
During the call, as Stonyte starts recounting what's happened in Ukraine, the woman appears to agree with what she's hearing, according to a recording of their call shared with CNN. She tells Stonyte she knows everything but is afraid to act on it because she has a baby. She and her partner are thinking about leaving Russia, she says. As they talk, their children can be heard chattering in the background -- and both women are moved to tears.
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