Russian pranksters release hoax video call with UK's David Cameron about Ukraine

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Secretary David Cameron speaks during a press conference with Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama (not pictured) in Tirana, Albania, May 22, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo

LONDON (Reuters) - Russian pranksters who often target people the Russian state is interested in released footage on Wednesday of a video call with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron after tricking him into thinking he was speaking to a former Ukrainian president.

London's Foreign Office said earlier this month that Cameron had held a video call with someone purporting to be former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko before realising he was the victim of a hoax.