The Institute of Mass Information’s regional representatives in Mykolaiv and Ternopil oblasts received bomb threats to their personal email inboxes on 30 January.
Kateryna Sereda, the IMI representative in Mykolaiv oblast, says she received an email this morning claiming that an explosive device had been planted in a building. The letter included a photo, allegedly of the device, but mentioned no address in Mykolaiv oblast.
Iryna Nebesna, the regional representative in Ternopil oblast, received similar emails. She said that two letters of nearly identical content were sent to her personal email address: they featured claims about a planted explosive device and a list of addresses. Neither of the letters mentioned buildings in the oblast. Most of the listed addresses were in Kyiv.
The letters claimed to have planted bombs in two Ukrainian embassies abroad and news outlets in a neighboring oblasts, but the listed addresses were incorrect.
National Police departments in 22 oblasts received over 2,000 bomb reports on 30 January. Namely, Detector Media and 18000 received emails to that effect.
