The Kremlin was behind hoax telephone calls directed at two UK cabinet ministers, a bid to spread disinformation and distract from Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, Downing Street said on Monday.
Ben Wallace, defence secretary, and Priti Patel, home secretary, both spoke last week to hoaxers posing as the Ukrainian prime minister, Denys Shmyhal.
Government officials fear Moscow could now release doctored recordings of the calls in a bid to spread propaganda and embarrass the UK government.
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