(Finance) – According to the States United the war into Ukraine “it won’t end in the coming winter months.” “We all would like the war in Ukraine to end today or early next year. But from what we see on the ground and the intense fighting that is going on it is very unlikely that that will happen,” added the Council spokesman for the national security, John Kirby, in a virtual briefing with the press. Kirby also said that the United States is preparing to send a new weapon pack in Kiev while did not confirm the reports that appeared in the press about the delivery of Patriot. “We are always transparent about the arms packages we have sent and will send to Kiev,” he said, “we are preparing another one and continue to give preference to anti-aircraft defense systems, but that’s all I can say.”
Meanwhile, based on a cable diplomatic sent on September 6 to the State Department from the US embassy in Kiev and revealed by Politico, the US would have a hard time tracing the billions of help, military and non-military, to Ukraine. American officials are using everything from blockchain technology to Ukrainian soldiers to try to pinpoint where the money flow actually ends, according to the cable, but there are various hurdles. Among these, the small number of senior executives Americans in the field and various safety limits on their movements. It would also be difficult to find contractors ready to work in high-risk regions or to arrange face-to-face meetings with officials governmental, civil society leaders and other recipients of funds. The Biden administration, according to Politico writes, intends to appoint a law firm to implement a special three-year initiative aimed at overseeing aid.
Meanwhile, in the context of the war in Ukraine, a tightening of sanctions and the multiplication of attacks ITMoscow would be preparing for a possible one disconnection from the global internet network, whether it is a defensive initiative decided by the Russian authorities or a measure imposed from outside. According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant an isolation of the Russian internet from the rest of the world was considered by the Kremlin last March, after the launch of the “special military operation” in Ukraine, also revealing that several cybersecurity exercises were conducted this year with the participation of banks, telecom operators and the largest internet companies to test the ability of the Russian network to operate autonomously.
Quoted by the newspaper, the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernychenko he said the number of cyberattacks has increased by 80 percent this year. “If last year the financial sector was the main target, this year it is the public sector that is being targeted,” stressed Dmitri Chernychenko.