'Ukraine Launches Offensive, 'Fake Putin' Claims Russia Under Attack'

Hackers broadcast a fake emergency televised appeal from a computer-generated Russian President Vladimir Putin declaring martial law after Ukrainian troops crossed into Russian territory, the Kremlin told state media on Monday. The apparent cyberattack comes after a spate of cross-border raids by pro-Ukrainian fighters under the banner of the Legion of Free Russia and the Russian Volunteer Corps, said to be Russian citizens intent on fighting against Putin’s rule. Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Monday that the country’s troops are “shifting to offensive actions” along some parts of the front line.