Overview
- Recordings also captured an old Soviet song with lyrics Russian outlet RU Life claimed were altered to celebrate an attack on Kyiv, a claim that has not been verified.
- Listeners heard the station’s usual buzzing and muffled voices under the music, prompting speculation of hacking or technical interference.
- The clips spread widely on social media as the Kremlin warned of retaliation over a reported drone strike on a Putin residence, which Ukraine denied and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy labeled “Russian lies.”
- UVB-76, a Cold War–era shortwave signal on 4625 kHz, has never been publicly explained by Russian authorities and is commonly believed to carry coded military communications.
- Earlier in 2025 the station issued multiple code words and, in May, an alphanumeric sequence shortly before a Putin–Donald Trump phone call, with additional code words logged on December 8 and 10.