A vast campaign of cyberattacks has affected several European countries in recent days, from Germany to Poland.
Malicious acts which are the fruit of “Russia’s military intelligence services”, according to Washington, in the context of Western support for kyiv for more than two years.
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The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that it had “foiled” a Ukrainian nighttime attack by “ATACMS missiles”, long-range weapons recently supplied to Ukraine by the United States. “Air defense shot down four operational-tactical missiles over the territory of the Crimean peninsula,” which Russia annexed in 2014, he added.
Russia has not indicated whether these missiles or the falling debris from them caused any damage.
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The head of EU diplomacy Josep Borrell tried to remobilize Europe yesterday in Oxford.
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Some 150,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, according to estimates communicated by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs yesterday.
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American diplomacy on Friday condemned a recent campaign of cyberattacks in Europe and attributed responsibility to Russia, as the German and Czech governments have already done.
“The United States strongly condemns malicious cyber activities carried out by the military intelligence services of Russia (GRU) (…) against Germany, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Sweden”State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said in a statement.
The attack was carried out, Washington says, by the group known as APT28, “a well-known dangerous actor, with a long history of malicious, harmful, destabilizing and disruptive practices”.
The State Department recalls in particular having decided on sanctions against certain “actors” due to the group’s activities during the 2016 US presidential election or targeting the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).
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In the case of cyberattacks in Europe, American authorities cooperated with Germany to block routers used by the attackers, the press release further indicates.
The German and Czech governments on Friday accused this group of Russian hackers controlled by Moscow of a recent campaign of cyberattacks in their countries, “malicious behavior” to which the EU promised a firm response.
