EU Ready to Send a Mission to Kiev to Fight Cyberattacks

The EU countries, while discussing the situation around Ukraine, expressed their readiness, if necessary, to adopt a set of sanctions against Russia. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said this on Monday after the EU Council meeting in Brussels. 

“This meeting showed a great degree of agreement between the Europeans and the United States. This cohesion is very important,” he said, adding that diplomatic efforts are underway in connection with the escalation along the Ukrainian border. 

“I was greatly impressed by the firmness of the Europeans and their willingness to jointly present a set of sanctions, measures to contain Russia in order to prevent an offensive – military or otherwise – in Ukraine,” Le Drian said. 

On the night of January 14, the websites of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food were subjected to massive cyberattacks. Hackers posted messages warning residents to “fear and expect the worst.” In addition, Ukrainians were warned that the allegedly personal information of residents of the country, which was uploaded to the “common network,” would be destroyed without the possibility of recovery. 

According to Deputy Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Sergei Demedyuk, hackers associated with the intelligence services of Belarus are behind the cyber attack on Ukrainian departments. Later

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