An investigation has been launched after Ben Wallace MP was fooled into speaking to an impersonator of Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal.
The British government has launched an investigation after Defence Secretary Ben Wallace MP was fooled into speaking to someone impersonating Ukraine’s Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
Amid a flurry of disinformation surrounding the war in Ukraine, the British government itself has become the latest institution to be fooled, as both Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and Home Secretary Priti Patel MP have revealed they fell pray to hoaxsters impersonating Ukrainian officials.on social media: “Today an attempt was made by an imposter claiming to be Ukrainian PM to speak with me. He posed several misleading questions and after becoming suspicious I terminated the call.
“No amount of Russian disinformation, distortion and dirty tricks can distract from Russia’s human rights abuses and illegal invasion of Ukraine. A desperate attempt,” Wallace added.to Reuters, the call lasted around ten minutes and prompted the defence secretary to launch an immediate investigation into how the government could be fooled so badly.
Today an attempt was made by an imposter claiming to be Ukrainian PM to speak with me. He posed several misleading questions and after becoming suspicious I terminated the call 1/2
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