Ukrainian government websites were splashed with a warning to ‘be afraid and expect the worst’ as a massive cyberattack hit the country. A U.S. official voiced fears that Russia was preparing to attack its neighbor if diplomacy failed
"As part of its plans, Russia is laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating a pretext for invasion, including through sabotage activities and information operations, by accusing Ukraine of preparing an imminent attack against Russian forces in eastern Ukraine," Psaki said.
Russia denies plans to attack Ukraine but says it could take unspecified military action unless its demands - including a promise by the NATO alliance never to admit Kyiv - are met. Asked what Moscow meant by threatening this week to take "military-technical action" if talks fail, Lavrov said: "Measures to deploy military hardware, that is obvious. When we take decisions with military hardware we understand what we mean and what we are preparing for."
Though they avoided directly accusing Moscow, Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesperson told Reuters that Russia had been behind similar strikes in the past. "Ukrainian! All your personal data was uploaded to the public network. All data on the computer is destroyed, it is impossible to restore it," said a message visible on hacked government websites, written in Ukrainian, Russian and Polish.
The Ukrainian government said it had restored most of the affected sites and no personal data had been stolen.
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