The cyberattack conducted against Ukrainian websites overnight was "relatively unsophisticated" says NSA Sullivan. US does not think all claims on Ukraine's foreign ministry website re data being leaked & grabbed have "borne out yet." US still getting to the bottom of it he says
Hackers who launched strikes against Ukrainian government websites appear to have used the software administration rights of a third party company that developed the sites, a top Ukrainian security official told Reuters on Friday
Investigation is still ongoing but the Security Service of Ukraine has obtained preliminary indicators suggesting that hacker groups associated with the Russian secret services may stand behind today's massive cyberattack on government websites
Bipartisan group of senators will travel to Ukraine on Sunday and return to D.C. on Tuesday, per two people familiar with the trip. Change in the Senate schedule allowed them to squeeze in the trip over the MLK weekend. The CODEL includes Shaheen, Portman, Murphy, & Cramer
Cyber-attack on Ukrainian government websites carried out through one 3rd party outsource IT company Kitsoft, which developed these websites using October CMS website content management system
Database of compulsory third-party car insurance of Ukraine is offline after it was targeted in cyberattack. Online sales of insurance policies suspended
.@PentagonPresSec says there's less than 200 US forces, members of the FL National Guard, who are on a training mission in Ukraine. "We will make sure our people are safe & secure
We have info that indicates Russia has already pre positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern Ukraine. The operatives are trained in urban warfare & using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage against Russia's own proxy forces. - @PressSec
Kirby: "We have information that [Russia has] pre-positioned a group of operatives to conduct what we call a "false flag" operation, an operation designed to look like an attack on them or their people - or Russian speaking people in Ukraine - as an excuse to go in
The Presidents of Ukraine and Azerbaijan signed a declaration between the countries on their readiness to support each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity
US government official: The White House requests an increase in the number of US military advisers and trainers in Ukraine
During the Erdogan-Johnson phone call, developments in Syria and Ukraine, as well as climate and refugee issues were discussed.
US, White House "don't have an attribution at this time" @WHNSC spox tells @VOANews "While we continue to assess the impact with the Ukrainians, it seems limited so far with websites coming back online.We will provide Ukraine with whatever support it needs to recover"
Ukraine National Security & Defense secretary tells @VOANews @MGongadze "only one country that can do it today on such a scale, it's the Russian Federation"
Wendy R. Sherman:.@OSCE Secretary General @HelgaSchmid_SG and I discussed Russia's ongoing aggression towards Ukraine and welcomed the Polish Chairman-in-Office @RauZbigniew's proposal to launch a revitalized discussion on European security at OSCE to reduce tensions
Ukrainian President has proposed meeting with presidents of Russia, Ukraine and the U.S - Kyiv
The US has information that indicates Russia has prepositioned a group of operatives to conduct a false-flag operation in eastern Ukraine, a US official told CNN on Friday, in an attempt to create a pretext for an invasion
1 rok PředState Investigation Bureau of Ukraine: Court is expecting MP Petro Poroshenko on Monday at 11am
Ukrainian Information Ministry says "first data suggests" that today's cyberattack "was carried out by the Russian Federation." "Contrary to the allegations of the attackers, the leakage of data, including personal data, did not occur," the Ministry said
A top military chief in Sweden said Friday that there is increased Russian activity in the Baltic Sea which "deviates from the normal picture," leading the Scandinavian nation's military to raise its preparedness
1 rok PředThe President of Azerbaijan Aliyev announced new projects with Ukraine in energy and oil refining
NATO chief .@jensstoltenberg says "I strongly condemn" massive cyber attack on Ukraine and says in coming days NATO & Ukraine will sign an agreement on enhanced cyber cooperation, including Ukrainian access to NATO's malware information sharing platform
1 rok PředPutin appointed Boris Gryzlov the new Russian Ambassador to Belarus
1 rok PředUK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace on a call with his Ukrainian counterpart "Any invasion by Russia would be a strategic mistake and will be met with severe consequences"
Statement of the Ministry of National Defense on the Onet.pl article "A gigantic data leak from the army": The case is being analyzed in detail by the services. It is being clarified whether a leak took place and whether the disclosed file was actually produced by the Polish Armed Forces.
1 rok PředUSAF E8C Joint STARS REDEYE6 active over #Ukraine.
Not just Ukrainian servers got hacked. In Poland 1,8 million data points of military equipment, units were put online. That is the state of Polish F-16s or the location of single soldiers. Reported by @OnetWiadomosci. This is big. Demands now that defense minister shall resign
A source with knowledge of recent cybersecurity initiatives in Ukraine told BuzzFeed News hours before the cyberattack that Kyiv & Washington had recently seen a "substantial uptick" in Russian cyber activity targeting Ukrainian systems & planting malware
Ukrainian Military Intelligence: Russian security services preparing provocation against Russian troops to blame Ukrainian military
US NATO ambassador @USAmbNATO @Julie_C_Smith says still looking into Ukraine cyber attack but confirms cyber is "certainly" a criteria to trigger threatened western sanctions against Russia for any further aggressive action against its neighbor
1 rok PředGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock: At my first personal meeting with my colleague from Lithuania, @GLandsbergis, I talked on Ukraine, Russia and China
Lavrov: the participation of Western instructors in the conflict in Donbass will cross all red lines and mean a direct clash between the "Russian people" and the NATO military
President of Azerbaijan Aliyev meets President of Ukraine Zelensky in Kyiv
Lavrov: there are several hundred U.S. and British military in Ukraine
The EU military training mission in Ukraine is essentially aimed at training anti-Russian units, Lavrov said.
Lavrov on the possibility of Ukraine joining NATO: we categorically do not accept the emergence of an alliance on Russian borders, this is a real red line
Lavrov: even if Ukraine will not join NATO, the appearance of strike weapons and US military bases in the Sea of Azov is the second red line
Russia warns the US and NATO: we will not wait forever for an answer
EU says 'mobilising all resources' to help Ukraine after cyberattack
Lavrov: Russia's patience with the actions of the West has come to an end, we have been harnessing for a long time - now is the time to go
Russia rejects the West's demand to return Russian troops to the barracks, the West has gone too far - Russian FM Lavrov
There is reason to believe that NATO in the coming months may begin to build up forces next to the Russian Federation under the pretext of the situation in Ukraine, - Russian FM Lavrov
EU’s Borrell condemns cyber attack on Ukraine, called emergency EU meeting to respond
Lavrov said NATO is artificially luring Ukraine and the Scandinavian countries into its ranks
1 rok PředAfter a week of intense high-level talks on Ukraine-Russia crisis, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said nobody expected to solve the issue in a few days. EU foreign ministers will continue discussions on the situation at Ukraine's border in Brest today
Joint Forces Operation: 2 ceasefire violations yesterday
Ukraine SBU on Cyber attack: SBU press service: The content of the sites was not changed, and the leakage of personal data, according to available information, did not occur. We are investigating the incident and collecting digital evidence
1 rok PředSources tell ~15 sites in Ukraine - all using October content management system - have been defaced, incl Min of Foreign Affairs, Cabinet of Ministers, Min of Ed, Emergency Services, Treasury, Environmental Protection
1 rok PředUS Army Artemis ISR watching Crimea very closely
Ukraine Foreign Ministry spokesperson: As a result of a massive cyber attack, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a number of other government agencies are temporarily down. Our specialists have already started restoring the work of IT systems, and the cyberpolice has opened an investigation
Russian Eastern Military district launched sudden combat readiness check
1 rok PředRussian 5th Tank Brigade route
1 rok PředUkrainian e-government services website down, Cabinet of Ministers site not responding, Foreign Ministry site hacked: Defence Ministry, Rada, and other sites OK for now
1 rok PředUkrainian government websites hit by a major cyberattack this morning. Below is the screenshot from Foreign ministry website. It says in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish: 'Ukrainian, be afraid and prepare for the worst. All your personal data has been uploaded to the web'
Senator Menendez: Our message is that the consequences will be devastating if Putin invades Ukraine
US Army: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff held talks with his NATO counterparts on Ukraine crisis
Asked by @marthamaccallum if U.S. willing to scale back military activities in Eastern Europe as part of talks with Moscow, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby says, "We would be willing, if there's reciprocity on the Russian side," including reducing forces on Ukraine border
President of Ukraine Zelensky discussed with UK PM Johnson the security situation around Ukraine
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan: "We saw this playbook in 2014. They are preparing this playbook again," said Sullivan, adding that the administration will share more on this will the press in next 24 hours
Biden's National Security Advisor Sullivan says intelligence community sees that Russia may be preparing for fabricating pretext of an invasion of Ukraine. He adds that the US has not determined yet that Putin has decided on military path forward
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says the admin will be sharing with press "in the next 24 hours" what US officials have seen Russia doing in terms of disinfo to create a pretext to invade Ukraine
US doesn't believe Russia "definitively decided" on Ukraine invasion, Sullivan says
1 rok PředOn Russia aggression to Ukraine, we're ready either way, said @JakeSullivan46 - diplomacy or "respond robustly to any naked aggression that might occur"
Pentagon says about 2/3rds of the Russian troops around Ukraine came from other parts of Russia. About a third were already in the western or southern military districts
U.S. Defense Secretary Austin spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to helping Ukraine defend itself, Pentagon says
Petrol tankers all over Ukraine could not leave oil storages after database of tax service went down on Thursday morning. Access restored late evening, only few stations went out off fuel
1 rok PředLAUNCH. Falcon 9 launches with the Transporter-3 (105 satellites.) mission from SLC-40
Minister of National Defense of Turkey Hulusi Akar Receives Vasil Bodnar, Ambassador of Ukraine to Ankara
U.S. ambassador to OSCE says the drumbeat of war is sounding loud and the rhetoric has gotten rather shrill
Russia's rep to OSCE says today that Russia's proposals are "essentially a moment of truth that should determine whether we will agree on those lines that cannot be crossed. or the situation will follow a scenario that can lead to catastrophic consequences
EU foreign policy chief: We are preparing a plan to train senior officers in the Ukrainian army
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Kuleba: Ukraine and the OSCE are unanimous - Russia must implement the Helsinki Accords
The Russian Federation will not discuss the unacceptable demands of the United States about the "withdrawal to the barracks" of Russian troops on its territory, - Lavrov said
Borrell, top European diplomat, says Nord Stream 2 and Ukraine are indeed connected. "As you'd imagine, you can't sanction Russia with one hand and open that infrastructure" with the other
1 rok PředMinister @RauZbigniew said last he will pay his first foreign visit as the @OSCE chairman to Ukraine. He will visit also the eastern parts of the country
Russian foreign minister says Moscow will respond to any U.S. sanctions
Lavrov: the freedom of some states to join unions should not undermine the security of other states
The US and NATO categorically reject Russia's right to claim guarantees of non-expansion of the alliance, - Russian FM Sergei Lavrov
French Defense Minister: We(EU) agreed to respond to any Russian aggression on Ukraine with a package of severe sanctions
Ryabkov: the most unthinkable things may come to the heads of the Ukrainian authorities, it is necessary to put an end to this
Military offered Putin options in case of deterioration of situation around Ukraine, but diplomacy must be given a chance - Russian deputy FM Ryabkov
Moscow will not allow other to held Russia responsible for possible provocations around Ukraine - Russian Foreign Ministry
Russian Deputy FM accused Ukraine in revanche plans
1 rok PředJens Stoltenberg: A pleasure welcoming President @AlarKaris to NATO. I thanked him for Estonia's important contributions to our shared security & for hosting one of NATO's battlegroups. We discussed Russia & Ukraine, and the need for de-escalation & continued engagement in good faith
Poland's Foreign Minister heading at OSCE meeting: We are facing escalation and military buildup in Eastern Europe
Poland's Foreign Minister: The risk of war in Europe is the greatest in 30 years
1 rok PředFirst meeting of the @OSCE Permanent Council in 2022. @RauZbigniew as the new Chair-in-Office PolandPoland, is presenting Poland's priorities for the year ahead
1 rok PředSecretary of National Security and Defense council says no indications of imminent further Russian aggression against Ukraine in coming days
EU's Borrell says no Ukraine negotiations 'under pressure' from Russia
Joint Forces Operation: 3 ceasefire violation yesterday, 1 Ukrainian serviceman wounded
German Defence minister Lambrecht says we should not draw a link between Nord Stream 2 and the differences with Russia over Ukraine
Hotrodders at 22nd Ave N and 2nd St N and they've started a large fire in the middle of the road. This is the same location where Hotrodders shot and killed an bystander last summer. The killer has not been apprehended
