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Massive 'mining' in Ukraine: Most of messages came from Russian IP addresses

Massive 'mining' in Ukraine: Most of messages came from Russian IP addresses Photo: Police handled more than 2,000 calls about mines (t.me/UA_National_Police)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

On Monday, October 14, police handled more than 2,000 calls about alleged mining. Most of the reports came from Russian IP addresses, the Ukrainian National Police says.

Law enforcement officers checked the facilities that received bomb threats yesterday. All of them were false.

“The vast majority of them came from Russian IP addresses. More than 2000 calls were processed, mostly information about the mining of administrative buildings,” the statement says.

Criminal proceedings have been initiated over deliberately false reports of a threat to the safety of citizens under Article 259 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.

Massive 'mining' in Ukraine: Most of messages came from Russian IP addresses

Photo: police processed more than 2,000 calls about alleged mining (t.me/UA_National_Police)

Massive 'mining' in Ukraine: Most of messages came from Russian IP addresses

Photo: police processed more than 2,000 calls about alleged mining (t.me/UA_National_Police)

Massive 'mining' in Ukraine: Most of messages came from Russian IP addresses

Photo: police processed more than 2,000 calls about alleged mining (t.me/UA_National_Police)

Massive 'mining' in Ukraine: Most of messages came from Russian IP addresses

Photo: police processed more than 2,000 calls about alleged mining (t.me/UA_National_Police)

Massive 'mining' attacks

On Monday, October 14, a wave of massive “mining” threats swept across Ukraine. In many regions, unidentified persons reported that schools, government buildings, ministries, courts, and other administrative buildings were allegedly mined.

In particular, police checked facilities in Kyiv, Sumy, Lviv, Zakarpattia, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Rivne, and Mykolaiv regions.