The group Anonymous has claimed to have hacked Russian television to show live pictures of the invasion of Ukraine.
According to the hacking collective, Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi, and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One and Moscow to 24, showed live pictures during broadcasts on Sunday.
A video from the group, which had been viewed by 817,000 people by Monday morning, shows the aftermath of a missile strike in Ukraine.
The video ends by showing a Ukrainian showing the world an unexploded missile lodged in the ground.
In a separate video, the group claimed hackers are now broadcasting troll faces on Russian military radio.
Activists are broadcasting troll faces on Russian military radio pic.twitter.com/lovN3WNVa2
— Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 6, 2022
It comes as Russia has blocked access to Facebook and Twitter and, on Friday, the Russian parliament passed a law banning the spread of what it called “fake news”.
The legislation will punish the spread of misinformation concerning Russian Forces and the invasion of Ukraine.
If found guilty, anyone who has spread alleged falsified evidence could face between five and 10 years in prison.
However, if the information is considered to be of a serious nature, the punishment could be up to 15 years.
Responding to the legislation passed by the Russian authorities, BBC Director-General Tim Davie said: "It leaves us no other option than to temporarily suspend the work of all BBC News journalists and their support staff within the Russian Federation while we assess the full implications of this unwelcome development.
"Our BBC News service in Russian will continue to operate from outside Russia.
"The safety of our staff is paramount and we are not prepared to expose them to the risk of criminal prosecution simply for doing their jobs. I’d like to pay tribute to all of them, for their bravery, determination and professionalism.”
Russian and Ukrainian officials are due to hold peace talks on Monday after heavy Russian shelling of civilian targets on Sunday.
