Who claimed responsibility for the hack of Ukraine's and Russia's emergency alert apps?

Oleksandr Merezhko, who chairs the Ukrainian parliament's foreign affairs committee, told the BBC there was no official confirmation of who was behind the hack. He said a partisan movement inside Russia called Atesh had claimed responsibility, but added that Ukraine neither confirms nor denies such cases. Ukraine's Air Force had first blamed enemy interference by Russia.

• Dan Johnson said a third party hacking both systems could not be ruled out.

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