According to Ukrinform, this was expressed at the press conference held by the EU High Representative Joseph Borrell after the 6th International Conference on Supporting the Future of Syria, held in Brussels and the full text of which was published on the website of the European External Action Service.

“Today (package six – ed.) there was another issue besides the sanctions against Russia. Member states issued a joint statement condemning the cyber-attack against the Ukrainian government earlier this year. For the first time at the European level, the state actor involved the Russian Federation with this attack. “It’s important that we blame it. We’ve talked about attacks from Russia in the past. But it’s one thing if the attacks are carried out from Russian soil, it’s another thing if they are openly linked to the government of the Russian Federation,” he said.

He reminded that on February 24, an hour before the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation carried out a cyber-attack on the KA-SAT satellite system. This caused significant difficulties and interruptions in the communication of various government agencies, businesses and users in Ukraine. The attack also spread to many EU countries and international partners.

“This cyberattack confirms the myriad manifestations of Russian aggression and hybrid warfare against Ukraine. Another such manifestation is misinformation. And now that we have addressed this to the Government of the Russian Federation, such cyberattacks involving the Russian Federation I would like to emphasize that we must work with our Ukrainian and international partners to prevent, deter, deter and respond to the EU High Representative.

As reported, the EU High Representative’s Declaration on behalf of the 27 EU member states condemning Russia’s cyber-attack on Ukraine and its critical infrastructure on February 24 was published on the Council of Europe website today. Launched just before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the cyberattack targeted the KA-SAT satellite network operated by Viasat and serving some Ukrainian government agencies. The EU finds such actions unacceptable and demands an immediate end to the Kremlin’s military aggression against Ukraine.

On February 24, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and continued its military aggression that began in 2014. Russian troops carry out mass bombings and bombings of peaceful towns and villages of Ukraine and unleash mass terror against the civilian population in the temporarily occupied areas.

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