Fake emails from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine have started arriving in Ukrainians' email inboxes. These emails talk about the so-called “rocket attack” on the Rivne NPP, which resulted in increased radiation levels. The emails contain evacuation instructions and links to unknown resources.

Experts advise the Center for Countering Disinformation to mark such letters as spam and not to follow the links under any circumstances. If you do follow the link, contact the Cyberpolice.

Russia is speculating on the use of a “dirty bomb” to sow distrust in Ukraine and force the world to spend resources on refuting the accusations of propagandists. An IAEA commission came to Ukraine to check whether a “dirty bomb” was really being developed at the sites that Russia claimed to be developing – the Eastern Mining and Processing Plant in Zhovti Vody and the Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The result of the inspection was that the Agency did not find any signs of such a weapon at Ukrainian nuclear sites.

The fake news about Ukraine creating a “dirty bomb” is a mirror response from Russia, the purpose of which is to try to convince the world that it is Ukraine that is acting as a terrorist group. This, by the way, is one of the most common messages of Russian propaganda, constantly trying to accuse Ukraine of terrorism, saying that it itself is shelling Ukrainian civilians and launching missile strikes on its own critical infrastructure.

Read more: “Dirty Bomb”: What is it and why did Russia come up with this fake?