Russian state responsible for hoax calls to UK miners: PM Johnson’s spokesman

The Russian state was responsible for hoax calls to two British miners and an attempted call to a third, Prime Miner Boris Johnson’s spokesman said on Monday.
British defence miner Ben Wallace and interior miner Priti Patel both said they had been targeted. Johnson’s spokesman said a similar but unsuccessful attempt to hoax culture miner Nadine Dorries was also made.
“This is standard practice for Russian information operations and disinformation is a tactic straight from the Kremlin playbook to try and dract from their illegal activities in Ukraine and the human rights abuses being committed there,” the spokesman said.