LIGA.net under mass DDoS attack after reporting on Alla Alkhim case

The website of the media outlet LIGA.net sustained a mass DDoS attack on May 12. The attack targeted the column by strategic communications consultant Nadia Pototska which discusses the value gaps in Ukrainian society in view of the conflict that arose around the blogger Anna Alkhim, LIGA.net reports.

LIGA.net stressed that the column is the author's subjective opinion, which the reader may agree or disagree with.

“But the very opportunity to express your opinion freely is the foundation of a democratic society. This right cannot and should not be hampered by force, pressure, or attacks.

"Attempts to disrupt the work of a media outlet due to disagreement with an article are not an opinion. They are aggression. We condemn any forms of pressure on freedom of speech,” the team emphasized.

LIGA.net chief editor Yulia Bankova said that the column was not about any specific person, did not offend anyone's dignity and did not designate anyone as aggressor or victim.

“This is an attempt to dissect the root causes of a deep rift in society and to offer solutions that can help overcome it. But this attack on our media outlet proves that our society does not know how to discuss problems like adults, cannot build a civilized debate around deeply painful issues,” Bankova noted.

Nadia Pototska’s column on LIGA.net analyzes the scandal surrounding blogger Anna Alkhim, seeing it as a manifestation of a deeper value-based conflict ​​in Ukrainian society. The author stresses that language and consuming Russian content have become markers of identity and attitudes towards the war and that publicity implies accountability. She calls for a systematic response to Russian cultural expansion through restricting access to pro-Russian content, investment in the Ukrainian media space, and ethical public pressure.

In April 2025, pro-Russian hackers disrupted the lecture “Medieval Phobia: Why are Russians Afraid of King Danylo Romanovych’s Legacy?”, which was organized by the Ukrainian World Congress’s International Educational Coordinating Council (IECC) in partnership with the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations (WFUWO)