Ukraine's Air Force has said the public air raid alert app had been hacked.
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app → say → ?
The app for a short time showed Kyiv and other areas subject to a nuclear alert.
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Kyiv → show → alert
But the abnormality later disappeared, the Ukrainian military said on Sunday night.
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military → disappear → night
The air force said on Telegram: 'The air alert app appears to have been subjected to enemy influence.
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app → say → influence
When asked whether the app had been hacked, Ukrainian air force spokesman Yuriy Ignat told AFP: 'Yes, it has been.'
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it → ask → AFP
The alleged hack came minutes after the end of the truce between Moscow and Kyiv in the eastern region of Kherson.
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hack → allege → Kherson
The localised ceasefire, which started on Tuesday, was the longest of the war.
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which → start → war
The fake alerts began on Sunday night, warning Ukrainians abour radiation and chemical threats.
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alerts → begin → threats
Pictured: A screenshot of the notifications sent out in Ukrainian
The alleged hack came minutes after the end of the truce between Moscow and Kyiv in the eastern region of Kherson.
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hack → picture → Kherson
Pictured: Ukrainians hug each other after being evacuated from the temporarily Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, Kherson region
The Ukrainian Centre for Countering Disinformation has warned: 'Currently, the information broadcast (on this application) about threat levels does not correspond to reality.'
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information → picture → reality
The app is used across Ukraine to warn people in real time of the threat of air strikes from Russia.
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app → use → Russia
People often have only minutes to find shelter in the case of, for example, a ballistic missile attack.
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People → have → attack
SPRAVDI, Ukraine's Center for Strategic Communications, blamed Russia for the hack in a post on its X account.
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SPRAVDI → blame → account
A separate app, which deals specifically with the Ukrainian capital, is still working normally, the Kyiv city authorities said.
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authorities → deal → capital
The BBC reports that the messages started at around 10.47pm local time tonight.
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messages → report → 10.47pm
Radiation threat declared in Kyiv.'
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threat → declare → Kyiv
The next alert, sent one minute later, warned: 'Hi!
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alert → send → ?
Don't worry, it's Oreshnik flying.
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Oreshnik → worry → ?
A third message, delivered at 10.49pm, said: 'Chemical threat.
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message → deliver → threat
A fourth, sent seconds later, stated there was a 'Street fighting threat.
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fourth → send → ?
Street fighting is taking place in Kyiv.
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fighting → take → Kyiv
Multiple all clear messages were then sent out.
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messages → send → ?
It comes after the longest truce of the war, limited to the eastern Kherson region, ended on Sunday after Russia refused the offer of an extension, according to Ukrainian officials.
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Russia → come → officials
The rare pause in fighting, brokered by US First Lady Melania Trump and which began early Tuesday, enabled a humanitarian mission to the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky as the war grinds through its fifth year.
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war → broker → year
Neither side reported violations after the truce began, in what one Ukrainian lawmaker described as the 'biggest de-escalation since 2022'.
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lawmaker → report → 2022
'The ceasefire, which was in effect from October 27 to November 1, has ended,' said Ukraine's Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets.
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Commissioner → end → Rights
He called the temporary truce 'an important step in our joint humanitarian efforts' with Russia.
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He → call → Russia
An estimated 2,000 civilians were in Oleshky when the temporary truce took hold.
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truce → take → hold
They were offered the choice of evacuating to territory controlled by Ukraine or Russia, or remaining in the city with replenished food and medical supplies.
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They → offer → food
For the safety of those who have stayed, exact numbers were not released after the evacuation.
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numbers → stay → evacuation
At the Ukrainian border on Saturday, family members waited for a glimpse of their loved ones, while residents of nearby villages lined the highway waving flags and flashlights to greet the humanitarian convoy.
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residents → wait → convoy
But Moscow and Kyiv have continued aerial strikes elsewhere, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying on Sunday that Russia continues to target Ukraine's energy systems ahead of winter.
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Russia → continue → winter
US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine are set to resume this month, having been effectively frozen since the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran in February.
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States → mediate → February
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