Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to Rossiya-1 TV channel in Sochi, Russia June 3, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
President Vladimir Putin seen on Russian state-run TV.Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS
  • On Wednesday, a leading Russian radio station was hacked.

  • The national anthem of Ukraine was played by a hacker.

  • There are anti-war messages in Russian media.

Ukrainian anthem and anti-war songs were played on a Russian radio station after it was hacked.

The lunchtime news bulletin was cut off by the Ukrainian military anthem, "Oh the red viburnum in the meadow," according to Francis Scarr of the British Broadcasting Corporation.

The online stream was hacked on Wednesday, according to the editor-in-chief of the radio station.

We were the victims of a cyber attack. He said that technical specialists are trying to find the origin of the attack.

The Russian rock band Nogu Svelo's song "I don't need a war" was one of the songs played on the radio station.

The Ukrainian national anthem is being played on a radio station.

The European Union described the fifth richest person in Russia as one of Putin's favorites. The US and EU imposed sanctions on Usmanov.

In the past, Russian media programs have been interrupted with anti-war messages.

In mid-March, an editor at leading Russian state-run broadcaster Channel One went on a live broadcast and yelled "Don't believe the propaganda" and "They are lying to you here."

On the same day that Russia celebrated a national military festival, Russian TV broadcasts were hacked to show anti-war messages. The blood of thousands of Ukrainians and their hundreds of murdered children is on your hands.

In May, three radio stations in Saint Petersburg played Ukrainian and anti-war songs for more than two hours.

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