In a post on Telegram, Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations claimed that the information about the air raid was 'not true' and the result of a 'hacker attacker'.
citizens were warned about the threat of a missile strike and told to find shelter in an alert played out across commercial airwaves.
The message, which was reportedly played in multiple cities across Russia, translates as:"An air alert is being announced.However, Russia insists the information was"not true" and the result of a"hacker attack". In a post on Telegram, Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations wrote:"A result of a hacker attack on the servers of a number of commercial radio stations in some regions of the country, information was broadcast on the air about the alleged announcement of an air raid and the threat of a missile strike.
"This information is fake and not true. We kindly ask you to follow the messages in official sources."In May last year, Russian television broadcasts were hacked with anti-war slogans opposing the invasion of
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