Officials say Moscow has already positioned saboteurs in Ukraine, on day Ukraine hit by ‘massive’ cyber-attack
Summary
- Moscow has persistently portrayed the crisis as a military threat from Ukraine against Russia, without providing any evidence.
- “We have information that indicates Russia has already pre-positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern Ukraine,” Jen Psaki, the White House spokeswoman, said.
- The hackers left a message on the foreign ministry website, according to reports.
- Foreign ministry spokesperson Oleg Nikolenko said that initial investigations suggested that “hacker groups associated with the Russian secret services” were responsible.
- But we can imagine.”Stoltenberg said Nato and Ukraine would in the coming days sign an agreement on enhanced cyber cooperation.