Britain’s defense secretary has ordered an inquiry after revealing that a man had telephoned him pretending to be Ukraine’s prime minister.
Ben Wallace, who is currently in Poland, tweeted that a “scammer” called him Thursday and asked “several misleading questions.”
The minister said he ended the call after becoming suspicious.
He blamed Russian “dirty tricks” for the incident – without giving any further information.
The Department of Defense said Mr Wallace has now ordered an immediate investigation into how the prankster was able to call him.
A Department of Defense source said the inquiry was looking “as to how this could have happened” but gave no details of what Mr Wallace may have told the prank caller or who made the call.
Mr Wallace added that “no amount of Russian disinformation, distortion and dirty tricks” would distract from Russia’s “human rights abuses and illegal invasion of Ukraine”.
The BBC was told the video call involved an actor in front of a Ukrainian flag asking a series of “wild questions”.
Defense sources say they are concerned that attempts could be made to distort or edit Mr Wallace’s responses before he ended the call.
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