Suspilne Rivne receives bomb warning

The Rivne branch of the National Public Broadcasting Company "Suspilne Rivne" received a warning about a bomb attack. The staff were evacuated, and an hour later it was reported that no explosive devices had been found in the building.

Suspilne Rivne manager Lyudmyla Khoma reported this to the Institute of Mass Information representative in Rivne oblast, Hanna Kalaur.

According to Khoma, the bomb warnings first began to arrive at Suspilne branches in other oblasts.

“I told the chief editor to keep a close eye on the inbox. At 15:59, I believe, he called me and said he got a message. I called the police and gave an order to evacuate the staff," Lyudmyla Khoma said.

She added that the police had already carried out all the work in the branch's office and found no explosive devices. According to Lyudmyla, such messages are part of Russia's information and psychological warfare.

"This is an informational and psychological war, this is an attempt to destabilize the situation, this is pressure on everyone overall. There were over 30 such warnings in our city today and the emergency services were practically overloaded. People are emotionally exhausted and upset by this. This is much more than obstruction of reporting. This is a component of hybrid warfare. I am sure that this is what our enemy is doing," commented Lyudmyla Khoma.

The Suspilne journalist Hanna Kalaur, who is also the IMI representative in Rivne oblast, also received two warnings about a bomb allegedly planted in the building. Hanna Kalaur works in the Suspilne Rivne office.

Both letters have many spelling errors, their author provides a list of the buildings they claimed to have mined. They say that their goal is to kill the journalists who are there. The sender also blames the journalists Iryna Sysak, Valeria Yehoshyna, and Yulia Khymeryk, who are the authors of the Radio Liberty investigation into the FSB's recruitment of Ukrainian children to set fire to UAF cars, for the bombs.

"Good afternoon, I want to inform you about the possible terrorism threat which may affect your personal safety," is how one of the letters opens.

Suspilne Rivne reports a total of 33 building mining claims in the oblast today. These include state, educational, and healthcare facilities. According to Maria Yustytska, the oblast police spokeswoman, the first such reports began to arrive at approximately 1:00 p.m.

The wave of such messages continues across Ukraine. As reported by IMI, journalists in Khmelnytskyi, Lutsk, Kryvyi Rih and other oblasts also received reports of landmines.

The National Police says that Russia may be behind the bomb warnings, aiming to destabilize the situation in Ukraine's regions.