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Posted On: November 2nd 2026, 09:54 am

Millions of Ukrainians were incorrectly told that a Russian nuclear strike was imminent after a suspected cyberattack by Moscow.⁠
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Four messages, posted to Kyiv’s Air Alert app at 10.48pm local time (8.48pm GMT), warned about an impending attack by one of Moscow’s Oreshnik missiles.⁠
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Find out about the suspected cyberattack at the link in our bio

Comments (74)

2 days ago

akhir_jamann

Islam is being fabricated. 🇮🇩🇮🇩

2 days ago

kylekent1

Don't worry but a nuclear strike is imminent am I reading that right

3 days ago

merluscagabriela

So the cokehead can start screaming that he demands more money?!

3 days ago

blatchi_

So its okay for Ukraine to hack Russian stuf but not the other way around?

3 days ago

sanyapanova

So if they can send messages to say that a nuclear missile is coming, can they also mess with the app to prevent messages from being sent? Sounds like a critical security issue...