The UK defense secretary has ordered an investigation into the video call he received on Thursday from a fraudster pretending to be Ukrainian prime minister Denys Shmyhal. Ben Wallace explained in a series of tweets that the person concerned “asked a few misleading questions” during the video conference and stated that he ended the call after he got suspicious. The minister described the hoax as a “desperate attempt” and blamed Russia.
Wallace, in a tweet that did not provide any evidence and did not name any person involved, said, “Russian disinformation, distortion and dirty play cannot allow Russia to escape its human rights violations and illegal occupation of Ukraine. This is hopeless. an initiative,” he wrote.
No amount of Russian disinformation, distortion and dirty tricks can distract from Russia’s human rights abuses and illegal invasion of Ukriane. A desperate attempt.
— Rt. Deborah Haynes of Sky News, Hon Ben Wallace MP (@BWallaceMP) March 17, 2022
they did,” he said. At one point, the criminal asked Wallace if he had received the “substance” they had sent. After a few minutes of similarly absurd interrogation, enough suspicion was aroused that Wallace canceled the call.
NEW: An imposter posing as Ukraine’s prime minister tricked his way onto a video call with Britain’s defense secretary in a suspected Russian ploy. @BWallaceMP ordered an immediate inquiry into the security breach that saw him engage with the fraud for about 10 minutes 1/
— Deborah Haynes (@haynesdeborah) March 17, 2022
Two Russian comedians known as Lexus and Vovan, regularly He is known to be notorious for pranking world leaders. The couple once called Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko, posing as the former president of Kyrgyzstan. They also tricked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson into making an 18-minute video call with an actor impersonating the Armenian prime minister.
During the meeting, Johnson talked about Britain’s plans for Russian President Vladimir Putin and the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal. While the Kremlin denied employing the duo, Russian state media often congratulated their actions.
It is unknown whether this last event is the work of the Russian couple…
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