The defense secretary of Britain ordered an inquiry into a video call he received on Thursday from a person pretending to be the prime minister of Ukraine. The Right Honorable Ben Wallace said that the man asked several misleading questions and that he ended the call after becoming suspicious. The official pinned the blame for the hoax on Russia.
Russia's human rights abuses and illegal invasion of Ukriane can't be distracted by Russian misinformation. A Conservative politician wrote in a social media post that there was a desperate attempt. Wallace didn't reveal any evidence to support his claim that Russia was behind the fake call.
The perpetrators went to great lengths to stage the video call, including placing a Ukrainian flag behind the so-called Ukrainian prime minister. Wallace was asked if he received the substance they sent. Wallace aborted the call after a few more minutes of absurd questioning.
Lexus and Vovan are a pair of comedians from Russia. The pair pretended to be the president of Kyrgyzstan when they called Petro Poroshenko. The same pair pretended to be Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoan in a call to Poroshenko. They tricked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson into taking a video call from an actor who was pretending to be the prime minister of Armenia. During the call, Johnson talked about the UK's plans for Putin and the poisoning of Skripal. Russian state media often applauds the actions of the pair.
NEW: An imposter posing as Ukraine’s prime minister tricked his way onto a video call with Britain’s defence 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
The British defense ministry is embarrassed by the security gaffe, but it's also important to know that such a call happened. Raising awareness of the call could help prevent attempts to doctor the footage and release it to the public.
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