Ukrainian security agencies have raided at least two offices of Russian state-owned media outlets in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, media outlets said Tuesday. Russian state-funded RIA Novosti news agency said its office in Kiev has been raided and that its bureau chief has been detained for questioning. The agency said Ukrainian security officers stormed its office, and that it has been unable to get in touch with its correspondents there since. The raids were later confirmed by Ukrainian security agency, SBU, which said in a statement that it is investigating "a network of media outlets" controlled by the Russian government that are "used as tools in a hybrid war against Ukraine." The Ukrainian government has long blamed Russian state media for fanning the flames of the war in the east that has killed more than 10,000 people.

Source: ABC News May 15, 2018 08:05 UTC