Ukraine has been the target of hybrid attacks in recent months. The pages of several ministries were down and there was a short-term disruption in banking operations on Wednesday.
In Ukraine, the atmosphere is intensifying not only at the border but also in social institutions.
In Ukraine, several ministries and banks were harassed yesterday. Among other things, there were difficulties in paying with a debit card. There were disruptions in the operations of Ukraine’s largest banks, PrivatBank, Oschad and the State Savings Bank of Ukraine.
The websites of the Ministry of Defense and the army of Ukraine were momentarily down. Ukrainians celebrated Unity Day yesterday.
– The attack was probably no coincidence. One cannot be sure of the factor in the hybrid attacks, but it could be a pattern for Russia that Ukrainians are considered nervous and trying to get tired, says the director of the network of the European Center for Hybrid Competence in Ykkösaam. Jukka Savolainen.
Ukraine has been the target of hybrid influence, especially since 2014, since the conquest of Crimea. Among other things The Wall Street Journ (switch to another service)al-newspaper writes that in addition to economic confusion, there are numerous false bomb threats in cities.
Russia is also being blamed for the hybrid war
There is also a war of words about the hackers’ hybrid attacks.
Deputy Director of the Russian Security Council Mikhail Popov According to Tass news agency, “the West is planning a well-organized hybrid war-style operation against Russia. Popov made his allegations in an interview with Rossiskaya Gazeta.
He said the same concept was used to justify the war in Iraq in 2004. At the time, the United States and Britain claimed from intelligence that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The allegations have not been substantiated.