Russia denies Ukrainian intelligence assessment that its hackers have teamed up with Iran's for cyberattacks


Russia's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova attends a joint news conference of Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov following their meeting in Moscow, Russia April 3, 2026. Pavel Bednyakov/Pool via REUTERS

MOSCOW, April ⁠8 (Reuters) - Russian Foreign ⁠Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova ‌said on Wednesday that Ukrainian intelligence assessments that Russian and ​Iranian hackers have ⁠joined forces, reported ⁠on Tuesday by Reuters, are ⁠false.

"Allegations ‌of some kind of joint ⁠effort between Russian and Iranian ​hackers, ‌as you put it, ⁠are ​yet another lie, in this case, perpetrated by ⁠the Kyiv regime ​and Kyiv terrorist groups," Zakharova said when asked by ⁠Reuters to comment on the report.

Zakharova, speaking at a press conference, said ​Ukraine was ⁠conducting its own large-scale cyberattacks ​against Russia.

(Reporting ‌by Dmitry Antonov, ​editing by Mark Trevelyan and Sharon Singleton)

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