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NEWS STORY : UK to Support Development of Ukraine’s Cyber Defences

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Rishi Sunak, the Prime Minister, has said that the UK will be contributing financially to help support the development of Ukraine’s cyber defences. He said that Russia had been able to launch a series of cyber attacks on Ukraine and that the funds donated by the UK Government would held defend the country.

Sunak said in a statement:

“Russia’s appalling attacks on Ukraine are not limited to their barbaric land invasion, but also involve sickening attempts to attack their cyber infrastructure that provides vital services, from banking to energy supplies, to innocent Ukrainian people.

This funding is critical to stopping those onslaughts, hardening Ukraine’s cyber defences and increasing the country’s ability to detect and disable the malware targeted at them.”

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Government’s Press Release