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Russia Preparing Massive Cyberattacks On Critical Infrastructure Facilities In Ukraine, Poland And Baltic Stat

Russia Preparing Massive Cyberattacks On Critical Infrastructure Facilities In Ukraine, Poland And Baltic States - Defense Intelligence

Russia is preparing massive cyberattacks on critical infrastructure facilities in Ukraine, Poland, and the Baltic states. This was reported by the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense in Telegram, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

"The Kremlin plans to carry out massive cyberattacks on critical infrastructure facilities of Ukrainian enterprises and critical infrastructure institutions of Ukraine's allies. First of all, the attack will be aimed at enterprises of the energy industry. The experience of cyberattacks on Ukraine's energy systems in 2015 and 2016 will be used when conducting operations," the statement reads.

According to the Defense Intelligence, the enemy will try to increase the effect of missile strikes on power supply facilities, primarily in the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine.

According to intelligence, the occupying command is convinced that this will slow down the offensive actions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

The Kremlin also intends to increase the intensity of DDoS attacks on the critical infrastructure of Ukraine's closest allies, primarily Poland and the Baltic states.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, at the beginning of July, the DTEK energy holding announced that Russia launched a cyberattack on the energy holding simultaneously with the attack on the Kryvyi Rih thermal power plant (Dnipropetrovsk Region), which is part of DTEK.

In May, Russian hackers launched a large-scale DDoS attack on the websites of Ukrainian telecommunications operators.