Ukraine and Russia both hit by cyberattacks on emergency apps

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Nov 2, 2026
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I'm going to talk to our correspondent,
Emmanuel Shaz, who joins us from there now.
Emmanuel, let's talk about these hacks first of all.
I mean, tell us the latest on what we know here.
Well, yesterday evening, Stuart,
we've all got those warnings that are quite usual warnings
to the app, quite usual alerts, if you will.
So, you know, people just have a look at their phones,
they are seeing drones.
Like last night, Russia launched almost 200 drones against
the Ukrainian territory.
And then yesterday, what was unusual about
those warnings is that there was a nuclear
threat, a chemical attack.
As well as street fighting announced
in the streets of Kiev, of the capital.
So seeing all those very unusual threats, people, you know,
immediately assumed that there was some kind of issue with the app.
And the Ukrainian authorities very quickly took to their.
Telegram channel, ironically, since this is a Russian-made app,
to say that people should only rely
on direct information from Ukrainian air defense
or look through local authority-validated apps for information.
There was also a Russian message,
a message written in Russian in the app saying...
To people here on the ground,
not to worry that the Oreshnik missile was incoming.
So quite a signature when it comes to this hacking.
And not only were there warnings to the app,
there were also sirens ringing across many regions here in Ukraine
that are bound to have frightened millions of Ukrainians
in cities going from the eastern part of the country
to the usually quite western side of the country.
Emmanuel, meanwhile, this ceasefire in South Kherson coming to an end.
I mean, you were there last week as some
of those evacuated from the region arrived to safety.
We can show, in fact, some of the images
that you filmed as we're talking now.
As yet, there have been no signs, have there,
of hostilities breaking out again, though, at least.
Well, there were signs, Stuart, of the Russian troops using this
ceasefire to resupply their troops located in Oleshky and the sector.
We've had images shared by Ukrainian armed forces showing,
documenting with visuals, the fact that Russian soldiers rotated
their troops, which were at a stalemate in the region,
Also use the ceasefire to rotate equipment such as artillery pieces,
air defense pieces.
So there is a fear in the southern sector that fighting will resume
and that Russia will launch new offensives in a place where they
were not in a position to do so before the ceasefire.
That being said, on the humanitarian standpoint,
Ukrainian authorities are hoping that this
humanitarian mission will set a precedent
and that other such operations might be able
to take place.
Not only in Oleshky, but also
in other embattled parts along the front line.
