Stock photo of a profile silhouette of a Russian man hacker with the Soviet Union flag in the background.
Stock photo of a profile silhouette of a Russian man hacker with the Soviet Union flag in the background.
  • Russia has activated a sleeper network of spies in Ukraine to exploit tensions, an official said.
  • Oleksiy Danilov told The Times of London that they are spreading "false narratives" to sow division.
  • Russian officials know "they cannot win" the war militarily, he said.

In recent months, Russia has activated a web of sleeper agents in Ukraine to try to exploit "so-called tensions" between President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and military leaders, according to a Ukrainian official.