Cyber specialists of the Defence Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) have shown truthful videos about the war in Ukraine on a number of Russian TV channels. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing sources in the intelligence services, Komersant ukrainskyi
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According to the GUR, the video from the intelligence service was shown three times in prime time on Pervouralsk TV, Eurasia 360, Eurasia. Channel One” and others. Some of the attacked channels are part of the media holding of local oligarch Andrey Komarov.
Russian cyber specialists tried to interrupt the Ukrainian broadcast, but their actions resulted in the suspension of nine Russian TV channels at once, namely Eurasia 360, Eurasia Channel One, Pervouralsk TV, Luhansk 24, First Republican, Spb, Oplot, TV-3, and First Russian.
This did not prevent the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine’s cyber specialists from maintaining access to the TV companies’ servers, the Ministry of Defence stressed. As a result, a number of TV channels were forced to stop broadcasting for a long time after the attack. This is evidenced by public appeals to viewers.
As of the morning of 22 August, only Eurasia 360 and TV-3 had partially resumed their work. The broadcasting of other channels remains blocked.
