Pershyi Kryvorizkyi team receives bomb threats throughout the day

The Pershyi Kryvorizkyi team was receiving emails claiming that a bomb had been planted in their office building throughout March 12. A total of 4 anonymous letters were sent to the media outlet’s inbox, with two arriving 1 minute apart and being identical in content, reports the media outlet's executive director Sofia Skyba to Kateryna Lysiuk, the Institute of Mass Information representative in Dnipropetrovska oblast.

In the letters, the unknown sender addresses two local media outlets and claims that a tetryl explosive device has been planted in their buildings. The sender adds that they have planted similar explosives in kindergartens and schools, describes the impact of the upcoming explosions, and expresses hatred for both the media professionals and children in the schools.

“There has been a long break since late February, and today we started receiving emails about bombs allegedly planted in our office building again. The letter also mentions another organization. We received 4 letters in total: all from different email addresses. Some were sent from Russian services, which our mail recognizes," said Sofia Skyba. The executive director said that the police have been notified of the letters: "The police arrived a couple of hours later. We filed our statements, everything as usual. As for the investigation into the previous ones, we do not know whether there is any progress in the cases. No one contacted us," said Sofia Skyba.

Senior communications inspector of the Kryvyi Rih district police department, Angelina Kradozhon, reported in a comment to the IMI representative that at 2:20 p.m. the police received a report about a bomb planted in the building where the media outlet's office is located.

“Specialists of the relevant service have left for the scene, the inspection is still ongoing,” Kradozhon said.

She added that today, in addition to this statement, they received reports about bombs planted in the city's schools and that those facilities were being inspected as well.

As IMI reported, in February 2025, the Khmelnytskyi media outlet “Novyny Khmelnytskyi” received an email about a bomb planted in their building. Similar letters were also received by the Institute of Mass Information, the editorial office of Pershyi Kryvorizskyi, Syla Pravdy, and Detector Media.