Russia hacked a Ukraine TV channel and broadcast a fake statement claiming to be from president Volodymyr Zelensky calling on people to surrender and put down their arms.
The cyber attack happened on Ukraine 24's webstream and is believed to have taken place today, and reportedly was a statement address claiming to be from Zelensky.
In it he reportedly said he was "capitulating" and would surrendered and "give up arms", leading to outrage and alarm online.
However, it was quickly picked up on by a number of sources, and the president himself quickly released a video slamming the fake address and saying it was not him.
In it, he said he never made any such statement and promised “the only ones who should give up arms are Russian soldiers”.
Many Ukrainians poured online to point out the hack and the false statement.
In reality, Ukraine continues to fight to the end the third week against a Russia that had reportedly originally planned a lightning invasion of Ukraine that would take the capital in days.
Instead, the government Putin and the Kremlin hoped to oust are now negotiating with them, having inflicted heavy losses on Moscow's forces.
Russia is thought to be behind the cyber attack, a tool they have long used in their arsenal both inside and out of open warfare.
Hacking and cyber attacks from Russia have long been targeted towards its Eastern European neighbours.
Air Marshal, and former Director of Operations at the Ministry of Defence, Edward Stringer, told The Mirror Russia was a country that "let loose its most talented and imaginative criminals and gives them licence will be able to create trouble anywhere in the world.”
Despite the threat the attack may have posed, it was quickly caught out by a defiant nation that continues to frustrate and repel Russian attacks.
This was far from the first cyberattack of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The night before the first assault took place, when Russian forces surged across the border into Ukraine, experts believe a computer-disabling malware was unleashed on the country.
This was apart of Russia's initial offensive.
A data-wiping malware was used to target websites, including government sites.
However, in response, Ukraine appealed worldwide for hackers to help protect their own digital infrastructure and fight back against Russia virtually.
The Guardian reported an estimated 300,000 people signed up to a group on the messaging app Telegram, called 'IT Army of Ukraine'.
Ukraine's vice-Prime Minister and Minister for Digital Transformation, called on people to join the war, virtually.
He said: "We are creating an IT army. We need digital talents.
"All operational tasks will be given here: https://t.me/itarmyofurraine. There will be tasks for everyone.
"We continue to fight on the cyber front. The first task is on the channel for cyber specialists."
The volunteers come from all over the world and the attacks have been successful targeting government sites and state-backed media.
In an intelligence update this morning, Britain's Ministry of Defence said: “The tactics of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have adeptly exploited Russia’s lack of manoeuvre, frustrating the Russian advance and inflicting heavy losses on invading forces.”
This they said was one of the key factors slowing what Russia hoped would be a lightning invasion.
As the invasion comes to the end of its third week, peace talks continue between both sides.
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