Hackers accessed the blog section of the Ukrainska Pravda website and posted Russian propaganda, UP’s deputy chief editor Yevhen Buderatskyi reported to Institute of Mass Information journalist Valentyna Troyan.
Buderatskyi said the hackers had accessed some columnists’ passwords.
“Then they used the accounts of those who write blogposts on our website to post this text. Its content was what led us to the logical conclusion that the Russians were behind it,” Yevhen said, sharing a screenshot.
The text claims that it is “the nationalists” or “the Nazis”, and not the Russians, who are Ukraine’s biggest enemy. The post was shared from the accounts belonging to Darya Kaleniuk (Anti-Corruption Action Centre executive director and board member), Oksana Zabuzhko (author, PEN Ukraine Vice President), and others. In Zabuzhko’s case, the propaganda text replaced her blogpost dating as far back as 2008.
“Our tech team is working to address the fallout [of the attack],” Yevhen Buderatskyi said.
On 21 September 2025, Russia’s special services hacked the blog of businesswoman, public figure, and free economy advocate Yana Matviychuk on the Ukrainska Pravda (UP) website and made a fake post impersonating her.