Kremenchutskyi Telegraf, a news website based in Poltava oblast, received three emails claiming that bombs had been planted in their office building on 30 January, chief editor Lesya Lazorenko reported to Nadia Kucher, the Institute of Mass Information representative in Poltava oblast.
She said that her team had received an email whose sender claimed to be a former fighter of the UAF unit Kraken and said that a bomb had been planted in the team’s office building specifically. A photo of the supposed explosive device was attached to the letter.
The email also threatened mass bombings and contained a list of other facilities where the sender claimed to have planted explosives. These included administrative buildings, educational establishments, crowded locations, and state bodies in Ukraine and abroad.
“Starting 01/10/2026, my allies and I planted about 500 explosive devices in administrative buildings, schools, daycares, and places where people gather en masse; the timers on the bombs is set to activate at different times on 01/30/2026 to 01/31/2026, you will have 15 minutes left to leave the building, otherwise you will die and there will be casualties among the civilian population,” reads the letter sent to Kremenchutskyi Telegraf.
Lesya Lazorenko said that her team has been receiving bomb threats repeatedly, adding that most previous emails did not refer to their news outlet specifically but used general terms such as “in your building.”