Ukrainians cope with fake bomb threats as Moscow mounts hybrid war

Ukrainian police had to check more than 3,000 sites, including schools, in the first three weeks of 2022 as fake bomb threats mount. © FRANCE 24 screengrab

Amid fears of a Russian military attack, Ukrainians are also coping with a wave of fake bomb threats as Moscow mounts a hybrid war to sow panic among the public, according to Ukrainian security services. FRANCE 24’s Gulliver Cragg reports from the central Ukrainian city of Zhytomyr.

Alla Vashchenko, a Ukrainian police officer, drives through the snow-covered streets of Zhytomyr to get to the site of the latest bomb alert.