Detector Media received bomb threats yesterday

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Detector Media received several emails threatening to bomb media offices, various institutions and organizations in Kyiv and across Ukraine to their editorial inbox on December 12, the media outlet reports on their website.

The emails came from different senders, but from the same domain. Their content is similar to the letters that arrived during previous waves of false bomb reports.

The sendrs usually call themselves as “ATO veterans” and “war invalids”, claiming to have planted a “makeshift explosive device” in the media outlet's office building, which they threaten to remotely activate within five days.

The letters also usually list the addresses of various institutions, schools, and media offices that were also allegedly mined, including the US and Switzerland embassies. However, the text lists the names of media outlets and their addresses that do not actually exist, such as “the TV Channel Lviv on Lomonosova Street in Lviv” (such a TV channel does not exist in Lviv, and the listed street was renamed back in 1993).

The author of several letters promises to “give Ukraine back to the people”, calls to “overthrow of the government in Ukraine through terror,” to join a rally and “seize power by force,” and uses hate speech referring to President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife.

As reported earlier, on Decembr 12, the PBC branches Suspilne Rivne and Suspilne Lutsk received emails claiming a bomb had been planted in their office. Five Zaporizhzhia media outlets received emails threatening to explode the buildings housing various institutions and organizations. This is the third wave of bomb threats.

National Police spokeswoman Yulia Hirdvilis has told Hromadske Radio that the December 12 bomb threats were sent to email inboxes of state and local authorities, schools, businesses, and other institutions. The police has processed over 75% of the bomb warnings and discovered no explosives.