"Pershyi Kryvorizkyi" team receives a bomb warning as well

The online news outlet "Pershyi Kryvorizkyi" (Kryvyi Rih) received a bomb warning to their editorial email, the outlet's executive director Sofia Skyba reported to the Institute of Mass Information representative in Dnipropetrovsk oblast, Olha Vasylets.

According to her, the email arrived at 12:42. The team currently works in a hybrid format (part in the office, part remotely), so the threat did not affect the work of the team.

The police and first responders immediately contacted the media office over the possible bomb threat.

"From the words of the police and the emergency workers, we understood that there had been multiple such calls. I'm not a security expert, but we've seen these kinds of reports over the past five years, in waves. Sometimes bombs were 'planted' at shopping malls, then schools, then somewhere else. I think it could well be the Russians, but it could also be some domestic affair. The email does not mention our team. Even though we understand that this is most likely a campaign aimed to scare people throughout the country, it is still disturbing to receive such messages," said Sofia Skyba.

The email mentions Ukrainian journalists who do not work with the media outlet.

The email received by "Pershyi Kryvorizkyi", screenshot provided to the IMI by the team

The Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Council chair Mykola Lukashuk responded to the bombing emails. He wrote on Telegram that the Oblast Council had received a call about a planted bomb, but the threat was not confirmed.

"Today we have witnessed destabilization attempts throughout the country such as fake reports about bombs planted in state institutions and local self-government bodies. The purpose of this is to disrupt the operation of important structures in the country and to sow panic among the people," Mykola Lukashuk wrote.

Earlier today, on October 14, the Suspilne Cherkasy team received a bomb warning to their corporate inbox.