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. Matviychuk reported this on her UP blog, which is now back online.
Matviychulk says that the post aimed to discredit the Ukrainian Armed Forces, claiming that they had targeted civilian objects in Foros in southern Crimea. The propagandists tried to frame it as the author herself was condemning the Ukrainian army.
“The blogpost was fabricated from beginning to end. It had only one goal: to undermine trust in the Ukrainian army and to smear me personally,” Matviychuk explained.
According to her, the fake post was removed less than 30 minutes after publication thanks to the prompt response by the UP and the website’s administrators. Still, it has already been picked up by key Russian news outlets, including RIA, URA, RG, and Rambler.
“The articles were all identical, which once again proves that the operation was planned in advance,” she added.
Matviychuk believes the attack was a response to an alleged UAF strike at several facilities in Foros, including the Foros sanatorium, known as the “FSB villa,” and the Terletskyi boarding house, where high-ranking representatives of Russia’s special services were likely staying. The event demonstrated the failure of Russian air defense, which was unable to protect strategic facilities located over 300 km away from the front line.
Ukrainska Pravda technicians and competent authorities are investigating the hacker attack.
In February 2025, the online news outlet Ukrainska Pravda reported their X account being hacked.