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Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) cybersecurity specialists hacked Russian TV channels and broadcast objective videos about the Ukraine war during prime time on Pervouralsk TV, Eurasia 360, Channel One Eurasia, and other channels.

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Cybersecurity specialists of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) launched an attack on the servers of Russian TV channels and showed objective videos about the war in Ukraine on the air of a number of TV companies

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

HUR cyber specialists successfully launched an attack against Russian TV servers, causing regular programming to be replaced by videos giving details of the war in Ukraine

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The video was aired three times during prime time on Russian channels such as Pervouralsk, Evraziya 360, and Pervyj Kanal TV

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Hackers of Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) broke into servers of several Russian television channels and broadcasted 'objective videos about the war in Ukraine'

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Extracted: 2026-03-09T10:48:43.908Z

Source story: 3897602-cybersecurity-experts-attack-servers-of-russian-tv-channels-to-reveal-truth-about-ukraine-war-source