The Security Service of Ukraine said the country is the target of an ongoing “wave of hybrid warfare,” aiming to instill anxiety and undermine Ukrainian society’s confidence in the state’s ability to defend its citizens. The SSU added that it had to counteract multiple such attempts linked to hostile intelligence agencies and bot farms targeting both social networks and mass media. Last week, the Ukrainian government security agency dismantled two bot farms linked to Russian special services and controlling 18,000 social network accounts. The two botnets were used to distribute fake news and send bomb threats designed to disrupt operations across the country.”]