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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Ellie Kemp

Cabinet minister gets hoax call from imposter pretending to be Ukrainian PM

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was targeted by a hoax caller posing as the Ukrainian prime minister.

He has hit out at Russian “dirty tricks” saying that nothing could distract him from the campaign of human rights abuse being carried out in Ukraine.

Mr Wallace said he became suspicious and terminated the call after “several misleading questions”.

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