Ukraine is hit by huge cyber attack targeting the ministry of defence and several banks in suspected Russian ‘hybrid war’ hours after Putin announced ‘withdrawal’

Daily Mail UK

By CHRIS MATTHEWS and NICK CRAVEN IN KYIV, UKRAINE, FOR MAILONLINE

PUBLISHED: 13:02 EST, 15 February 2022 | UPDATED: 19:09 EST, 15 February 2022

Russia has started a ‘hybrid war’, it was feared tonight, as several key Ukrainian websites, including banks, government departments and the ministry of defence, were hit by a massive cyber attack.

Ukraine has been under constant attack from Russian and Kremlin-backed hackers since Moscow’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Cyber espionage, damage to databases and servers, disruption to power and communications and disinformation are all now routine weapons in the Russian armoury.

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