Kropyvnytskyi online news outlet Tochka Dostupu received bomb threats via email twice in one day, journalist Kateryna Fedchenko reported to the regional Institute of Mass Information representative Pavlo Lisnychenko.
The messages were similar, with the senders claiming to be “ATO veterans” and threatening to bomb various facilities – embassies, hospitals, hotels, and schools. In one of the letters that arrived to both outlets’ inboxes, the sender also offered to join his Telegram channel, which does not exist at the handle listed in the email.
“These emails often end up in the spam folder, so we don’t notice them right away. Moreover, we know that this is part of the Russians’ information war and they are deliberately ‘mining’ facilities in various cities across the country. The letter arouses great suspicion, starting from the address, ending with the gross grammatical errors and manipulative text. Which is why we do not respond to such provocations. However, if it were a real threat, of course we would have reported it to the police,” commented Tochka Dostupu journalist Kateryna Fedchenko.