The BBC World Service will receive more than £4 million extra government funding to support its Ukrainian and Russian language services and help counter “disinformation” about the war in Ukraine. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) and the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO) on Wednesday confirmed the £4.1 million ($5.41 million) in emergency funding following a request from the BBC to “cover urgent and unexpected costs that have arisen” as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The DCMS and FCDO said the funding will help the public broadcaster to relocate staff and operations to safe locations so they can continue to reach their audiences and Russia and Ukraine. The funding will also be used to “continue expanding new and more widely accessible content, delivered through a range of channels, to tackle disinformation and to help local audiences circumvent the Kremlin’s media restrictions and continue to access the BBC’s journalism.” Earlier this month, the broadcaster …