US confirms it conducted cyber operations to support Ukraine in war against Russia

US military conducted "offensive cyber operations" to support Ukraine in its response to Russia’s military offensive, country’s Cyber Command Chief General Paul Nakasone said. As battle for Kyiv’s sovereignty entered day 100, Nakasone while speaking to Sky News mitted that American officials “conducted a series of operations across full spectrum: Offensive, defensive, and information operations.”  While he stopped short of revealing details of operation, American official said that all operations complied with country’s laws and policies. 

His remarks were later reiterated by White House press spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre. "We don't negotiate our security assistance packs to Ukraine. We are doing exactly what President said he would do...to provide security assistance that is above and beyond," she said. In dendum, Tom Kellermann, he of cybersecurity strategy at VMware, called move "historic."

US has long accused Russian Federation of conducting malicious cyber attacks. In a statement, released last month, Biden ministration ted, "In months leing up to and after Russia’s illegal invasion began, Ukraine experienced a series of disruptive cyber operations, including website defacements, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, and cyber attacks to delete data from computers belonging to government and private entities – all part of Russian playbook." It ded that Putin's forces began cyber warfare in January 2022, much before launching an on-ground combat operation. 

Russia-Ukraine war completes 100 days

In past 100 days, Russian President Vlimir Putin’s troops have mand to occupy one-fifth of Ukraine’s total land area, as revealed by Ukrainian President Zelenskyy on Friday. Failing to capture capital Kyiv in first phase of Russia's so-called "special military operation", Putin’s army concentrated all ir combat on sourn and eastern sides of country, almost destroying industrial area of Donbas. 

“As of today, about 20% of our territory is under control of occupiers, almost 125 thousand square kilometers. This is much larger than area of all Benelux countries combined," Zelenskyy told Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg via video link.

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