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

AL-Monitor
Apr 8, 2026
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
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 — Pavel Bednyakov

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)