Ukraine and Russia blame each other for false air‑alert messages

Ukraine’s Air Force said its air‑raid alert app sent false warnings on Sunday after it was allegedly hacked by Russia.

The erroneous alerts warned of nuclear and chemical threats around Kyiv and even claimed that Russia’s hypersonic Oreshnik missile had been deployed, prompting the Ukrainian military to urge the public to stay calm.

Ukraine’s Centre for Strategic Communications, SPRAVDI, attributed the hack to Russia in a post on X, while the Ukrainian Air Force described the incident as “enemy influence” on its Telegram channel.

Russia’s Emergencies Ministry later reported that its own mobile app had suffered a “massive cyber‑attack”, which it said spread false information.

Both sides made the statements after the end of a localized ceasefire in Kherson, the longest truce of the war to date, which concluded on Sunday.

Source: Al Jazeera. Photo: Tima Miroshnichenko / Pexels.