Newsrooms in Ireland and Bulgaria received bomb threats by email on Friday, November 6, from someone claiming to be “Mikhail Andropov.” The threats follow a wave of false alarms that have disrupted passenger flights across Europe in recent days.
The messages were sent to Bulgaria’s Nova TV and Ireland’s public broadcaster RTÉ, according to zdg.md. The broadcasters received messages titled “A Message to the West,” threatening to launch a series of attacks on transport networks across Europe.
British broadcaster Sky also said it had received a security threat.
Following a wave of false alarms targeting aircraft, several officials have linked the threats to the EU’s support for Ukraine in the war. Moscow, which has been accused of hybrid warfare, denies any involvement in such activities.