Ukrainian hackers hit Moscow: a part of the city was left without internet and TV. New raids by Kiev against Belgorod.
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12.32pm
EU: in contact with Italy over the case of suspected pro-Russian propaganda in a high school in Lazio
“The EU Commission is in contact with the national authorities to obtain more detailed information on the case. In any case I recommend contacting the national authorities.” This is what a spokesperson for the EU Commission said on the case of a pro-Russian propaganda event in a high school in Lazio called ‘A bridge for peace’, which is suspected to have been financed by European funds. “It is first of all the duty of the Member States to ensure that the projects are in line with the EU cohesion program and policy”, added the spokesperson during the Midday Briefing, “the Commission only has a supervisory role”. “There is no place in EU cohesion policy for the financing of disinformation and propaganda”, assured the spokesperson.
12.02pm
Ukrainian hackers publish customer data of a Russian private bank
The Ukrainian hacker group Kiborg has published on its website the entire database of the Russian bank Alfa Bank, the largest private bank in the Federation.
According to Kiborg, among the published data are names, telephone numbers and bank account numbers of customers and which belong to natural and legal persons working with the bank, which is owned by the Russian-Israeli oligarch Mikhail Fridman, sanctioned by the United States for its ties to Putin since 2004.
The banking institution denies being the victim of the hacker attack but Kiborg claims to have acted in collaboration with another Ukrainian hacker group calling itself NLB. The cyber attack with which Kiborg allegedly obtained the data of millions of Russian citizens and entities occurred last October.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian media report, citing a source from the Kiev security services, about another cyber attack carried out by the Ukrainian hacker community Blackjack against an Internet provider in the Moscow region. In the attack, hackers allegedly deleted 20 terabytes of company information and downloaded another 10 gigabytes of data from mail servers and databases with customer data. According to the source, this action “left part of Moscow without the internet”.
Ukrainian hackers add that the action is a response to the cyberattack against Ukraine’s main mobile phone company, Kyivstar, an attack that left millions of users without service for days in December. Kiev accused Russia of being behind that attack, which was one of the most effective since the start of the war between Ukraine and Russia.
11.23am
Moscow: “Over 215 thousand Ukrainian soldiers dead in 2023”
The Russian Defense Minister, Sergei Shoigusaid today that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost over 215,000 soldiers in 2023: reports it Fax interface.
“Russian forces are constantly reducing the combat potential of the Ukrainian armed forces – the minister said in a teleconference with the commanders of the armed forces -. The enemy lost over 215,000 soldiers and 28,000 weapons last year”. “Pushed by Western curators, the Kiev regime continues to force its soldiers to massacre and look for ways to replenish the ranks of the Ukrainian army – added Shoigu -. Clearly, this will not change the situation on the line of contact but will only prolong the military conflict”.
11.05am
Russia, an American citizen arrested for attempted drug production and sale
A US citizen, Robert Romanov Woodlandhe was arrested on charges of attempted production and sale of narcotics. This was reported by the Tass agency, citing a provision from the Ostankino court in Moscow, according to which Woodland will remain in pre-trial detention until March 5. The US citizen is accused of violating articles 228 and 30 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.
The US government, which has not yet commented on Woodland’s arrest, has in the past denounced what it calls the unjust detentions of former Marine Paul Whelan and journalist Evan Gershkovich of the Wall Street Journal, as part of an alleged strategy of Moscow to obtain prisoner exchanges.
10.51am
Ukrainian hacker attack, part of Moscow without internet and TV
A group of Ukrainian hackers, probably with intelligence support, hacked the Moscow internet provider ‘M9com’ and ‘demolished’ the servers with the result that part of the Russian capital was left without internet and TV. Sources reported this to RBC-Ukraine adding that approximately 20 terabytes of data were deleted. Additionally, the hackers downloaded more than 10 Gb of data from the company’s mail server and customer databases, which was made available online. The hackers, the sources said, acted to avenge the December 12 cyberattack on the Ukrainian telecommunications company Kyivstar.
10:38
BBC: Thousands of Ukrainian civilians in Russian penal colonies
The Russian authorities are deporting thousands of Ukrainian civilians illegally in Russia, who are being held in penal colonies and pre-trial detention centers without formal charges, investigations, trials, access to lawyers or scheduled release dates: this is what emerges from an investigation by the Russian language service of BBC.
According to the British broadcaster, these are “peaceful Ukrainian citizens” who are being held for “opposing the special military operation” and there are no official documents of their detention, therefore these detainees formally “do not exist” in the Russian penitentiary system and do not they have access to lawyers.
According to some former Ukrainian civilian prisoners, the BBCthey were not treated by the Russian authorities as human beings and were tortured. For its part, the Russian Defense Ministry – responding to an inquiry into one of the detained civilians – said that authorities were holding the detainee in accordance with “the requirements of the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War.” There BBC for its part, underlines that the Geneva Convention prohibits the taking hostage of civilians who are not participating in hostilities. There BBC further comments that there is currently no mechanism in international law for the release of civilians from captivity and the Geneva Convention only allows the exchange of prisoners of war for other prisoners of war.
10.17am
Kiev: “We have a shortage of anti-aircraft missiles”
“Ukraine has a shortage of anti-aircraft missiles” This was said by Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat speaking on television and explaining that “Kiev has used a considerable reserve in three recent attacks”. Last month the US Congress failed to approve an aid package 50 billion dollars for security for Ukraine, while Kiev is waiting to receive a 50 billion euro package from the EU, the delivery of which is uncertain after the veto placed by Hungary.
Ihnat said he hopes the delays will be overcome soon as Ukraine depends on Western supplies for a range of defensive needs. “Today we have more and more Western equipment, which, accordingly, requires maintenance, repair, upgrading, refueling and related ammunition,” he said.
09:10
Kiev: “520 children killed since the start of the war”
At least 520 children have been killed in Ukraine by Russian forces since the beginning of the invasion and over 1,191 have been injured: the country’s Prosecutor General’s Office announced this on Telegram, as reported Ukrinform. “Until the morning of January 9, 2024, according to official data from juvenile prosecutors, 520 children were killed and more than 1,191 were injured” in Ukraine since the start of the war, the message said.
Most of the children (504) were killed or injured in the Donetsk region.
Ukraine: the future is at risk for an entire generation of children who have stopped going to school December 13, 2023 08:12
Ukraine: Russian attack in the south, residential neighborhood near Nikopol hit
Russian forces attacked the community of Marhanets in the district last night Nikopolin southern Ukraine, causing damage in a residential neighborhood: this was announced by the head of the regional military administration of Dnipropetrovsk, Serhiy Lysak, as reported Ukrinform.
“After midnight, Marhanets in the Nikopol district was hit. The enemy hit the city using heavy artillery,” Lysak wrote on Telegram, adding that five apartment buildings and two cars were damaged. No casualties were reported.
07:13
During the night attack against Belgorod: 3 seriously injured
Another Ukrainian attack on Belgorod, a Russian city on the border between the two countries. The governor of the region, Vlacheslav Gladkov, reports that at least three people, two men and a woman, were seriously injured in an attack that occurred during the night. The governor himself announced that “ten aerial targets” were intercepted and shot down.
06:20
At least four Ukrainian civilians killed in yesterday’s attacks
At least four civilians were killed in yesterday’s attacks on Ukraine.
04:08
Kiev: Putin “does not want peace”
Kiev is convinced that the Kremlin wants “neither a frozen conflict nor peace”, said Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba: “Those who propose a frozen conflict claim to be acting in the best interests of Ukraine and the world, but in reality they are helping Vladimir Putin and ignores what Russia is today.”
2024-01-09 11:02:44
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