Detector Media reports having received emails with bomb threats today, 30 January.
The news outlet writes that they received a total of six similar letters about bombs allegedly planted at different addresses.
One sender introduced themselves as a bomb-maker who “was wounded while serving in the Azov [Brigade]” and claimed to have planted “about 500 explosive devices” in administrative buildings, schools, daycares, and public spaces since 10 January, working together with “like-minded people.” The sender threatened to activate the timer on the devices at different times over the course of two days.
The letter, as usual, lists the addresses of various institutions and new outlets where bombs have supposedly been planted. These included the Ministry of Defense and the State Security Service, the Security Service of Ukraine, the US Embassy in Ukraine, the news website Gordon, and others.
State authorities, news outlets, local government bodies, education establishments, businesses, institutions and organisations, banks, and individuals received threats of bombs planted in their buildings on 30 January starting at 09:30, the National Police reported.
Valentyna Troyan, the Institute of Mass Information representative in Luhansk oblast, also received an email with bomb threats.
Similar cases
IMI recorded at least 61 cases of false bomb threats sent to Ukrainian news outlets, national as well as regional, in 2022 – 2025.
In 2024, IMI recorded three waves (in October, November and December) of anonymous bomb threats targeting several news outlets and institutions across Ukraine: multiple media outlets and journalists received identical emails.
In 2025, IMI recorded anonymous bomb threats targeting at least 13 news outlets across the country in January–March.