# Ukraine and Russia say emergency alert apps hacked as false ‘radiation’ warnings hit Kyiv

https://mins.news/en/video/125403

- BBC News, 2026-11-02 11:52 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfwQF2S-OgM

> Ukraine and Russia said cyber-attacks targeted their emergency alert apps, sending fake warnings to users. Kyiv residents received false alerts about radiation hazards, chemical attacks and street fighting, including instructions not to go outside. Ukraine’s air force said there was no imminent nuclear threat and blamed Russian interference. Russia later said its app had suffered a “massive cyber-attack.”

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