AN OMINOUS cryptic message was broadcast from Russia’s mysterious “doomsday radio station”;; around the time of Vladimir Putin’s telephone call with Donald Trump yesterday.
It marks the second time year that the Soviet-era relic creaked into action .
Just ahead of the White House’s call to Putin, the UVB-76 radio station broadcast the sinister code NZhTI 89905 BLEFOPUF 4097 5573.
This was followed up a few hours later with NZhTI 01263 BOLTANKA 4430 9529.
Known variously known as Buzzer, Dead Hand Radio or Judgement Day Radio, , although its purpose is classified.
It operates around the clock making a strange buzzing sound, but it sometimes sends out cryptic messages.
It is unknown what these messages actually mean, but the station is widely assumed to have a military purpose – with possible links to Moscow’s nuclear forces.
Back in April, the radio broadcast four words – Neptune, Thymus, Foxcloak, and Nootabu, according toTelegram channelUVB-76 logs, which monitors its activity.
Following his call with Putin, Donald Trump posted that talks “will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.”;;
He also , where newly-elected Pope Leo XIV met with Ukraine’s President VolodymyrZelensky following his inaugural mass at St Peter‘s Square.
But while the Russian dictator called his discussion with Trump “frank and very useful”;;, Moscow’s forces went on the attack shortly afterwards.
More than 108 drones were fired at Ukraine, according to Kyiv’s air force.
One struck a civilian minibus in Ukraine’s Kherson region, wounding a woman aged 65.
Kamikaze drones also hit Dnipropetrovsk, triggering a major fire in Synelnykovsky district, while others struck Nikopol, Pokrovska, Myrivska and Marhanetska.
Some 56,000 residents of the Ukrainian border region Sumy have been forced to evacuate over fears of Russian attacks.
Trump had previously pledged to end the war in Ukraine in 24 hours upon assuming office.
But concern appears to be mounting in European capitals that Trump had failed to publicly threaten Putin with harsh sanctions for failing to swiftly agree a ceasefire as a prelude to peace talks.
The previous aim had been a 30-day ceasefire, although Trump appeared not to impose a timescale.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said: “Europe will increase pressure on Moscow with sanctions.
“We agreed on this with US President Donald Trump after his conversation with Putin.”;;
Trump hinted in his Truth Social post that some sort of trade deal between Russia and the United States could come when the war is over.
But Zelensky has warned that Putin is set to “drag out the war”;;.
He said: “If the Russians are not ready to stop the killings, there must be stronger sanctions for that.
“Pressure on Russia will encourage it to make real peace – this is obvious to everyone in the world.
“If Putin puts forward unrealistic conditions, then this will mean that Russia continues to drag out the war and deserves that Europe, America and the whole world behave accordingly, including responding with additional sanctions.
“Russia must end the war that it started, and it can do so any day. Ukraine is always ready for peace.”;;
