10:36 20-11-2025

Ukrainian Fake Telegram Accounts Target Russians – FSB Report

FSB reports that Ukrainian intelligence uses fake AI-generated Telegram accounts to lure Russians into sabotage and target military personnel for sensitive data.

Russian security services say Ukrainian intelligence has begun using fabricated Telegram accounts to draw Russian citizens into sabotage and terrorist activity. According to the Federal Security Service (FSB), these profiles are designed to look convincingly real and are spreading across social networks, with Telegram used most actively.

FSB operatives told RIA Novosti that Ukrainian handlers rely on AI-generated photos and videos to make the accounts appear credible. These pages, they noted, deliberately target ordinary Russians, attempting to manipulate them into carrying out destructive actions. The same tactic, the operative added, is directed at personnel of the Russian Defence Ministry and law enforcement agencies — both to extract confidential information and to prepare potential attacks.

The agency recalled a recent case in which a resident of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) was detained for executing a task assigned by Ukrainian military intelligence. Investigators said he had been preparing an assassination attempt on a senior Russian Defence Ministry officer. In November, he received two bottles of British beer intended for the victim. Forensic tests revealed that the bottles contained a lethal combination of highly toxic substances — colchicine and tert-butyl bicyclophosphate — a mixture capable of causing agonising death within minutes.

Searches also uncovered explosives in his home. According to the FSB, the materials had been delivered into DNR territory by drones.