Russia is “probably targeting” Ukraine’s communication infrastructure to reduce access to reliable news sources, Britain’s Ministry of defence has said.
A recently published defence intelligence update reads:
Russia is probably targeting Ukraine’s communications infrastructure in order to reduce Ukrainian citizens’ access to reliable news and information.
Russia reportedly struck a TV tower in Kharkiv yesterday, suspending broadcasting output. This follows a similar strike on a TV tower in Kyiv on 01 March 2022.
Ukrainian internet access is also highly likely being disrupted as a result of collateral damage from Russian strikes on infrastructure. Over the past week, internet outages have been reported in Mariupol, Sumy, Kyiv and Kharkiv.”
Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 07 March 2022
Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t.co/D3NG9b9zMX
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/lIjezjELsE
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) March 7, 2022
Amid reports of probable Russian attacks on Ukrainian communication infrastructure, Cyber resistance against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, with hacking collective Anonymous claiming earlier today to have hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast footage from Ukraine.
The group added that activists are also broadcasting troll faces on Russian military radio.
The hacking collective #Anonymous hacked into the Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (like Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from Ukraine [today] pic.twitter.com/hzqcXT1xRU
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 6, 2022
Activists are broadcasting troll faces on Russian military radio pic.twitter.com/lovN3WNVa2
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 6, 2022
