Sabotage by smartphone
Ukrainian teenagers are being recruited online to carry out sabotage attacks against their own country in return for cryptocurrency, and for some the consequences are deadly.
Ukrainian teenagers are being recruited online to carry out sabotage against their own country in return for cryptocurrency, and for some the consequences are deadly.
Ukraine accuses Russia of using Telegram to offer minors large sums of money to plant bombs or stage arson attacks. There have even been allegations that some recruits have been blown up while transporting explosive devices.
This episode features a rare interview with a Ukrainian teenager who is currently awaiting trial after authorities claim they caught him planting a bomb in a vehicle used by the conscription service.
Presenter: Dan Hardoon
Producer: Ed Main
Editor: Flora Carmichael
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