He said this in an interview with “Today”, Ukrinform reported.

“Since the beginning of the full-scale military invasion of Russia, the decision to restrict calls from Ukrainian SIM cards to subscribers of Russian operators was taken into account. In fact, it was almost approved, but it was decided to abandon it. It turned out to be incapable , and is extremely important for our fight against the aggressors We get a lot of information,” he said.

Answering questions about possible wiretaps from the Ukrainian side, Shchigol noted that so far there is no evidence of the Russian army’s ability to eavesdrop on the conversations of Ukrainians. “All such statements turned out to be false and are part of information and psychological operations. Their purpose is to scare the Ukrainians, and also to force our compatriots to stop providing information about the location of enemy vehicles,” Shchigol said. Said.

He added that this is not the only case of disinformation among citizens, and cited an example of a fake message that Ukrainians would be called to target bombing targets at night from unknown numbers, and were allegedly advised to turn off phones. Of course, it turned out not to be true.

As reported, a large-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine has been underway since February 24. The aggressor bombards and destroys the main infrastructure, residential areas of Ukrainian cities and villages, using artillery, multiple rocket launchers and ballistic missiles.

The entire Ukrainian people rose up to fight against the invaders; The Armed Forces and Territorial Defense Forces stopped the attack of the enemy and inflicted heavy losses on him.