Ukrainian hackers and the West

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Last year, Ukrainian government invited hackers to join the so-called IT-Army of Ukraine; please see PC Magazine. At that, Ukrainian authorities make no secret of the fact that there are Russian civilian objects – e.g. services for purchases of railway tickets - among targets of this “Army”; please see today’s report on the website of the Ukrainian State Information Agency Ukrinform.​

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And already last year, the famous Swiss newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote that “civilian targets are attacked (by Ukrainians) with Western help”; please see also a citation below.​

"This is tricky under international law. In recent years, Western countries in particular have been pushing for binding international norms in cyberspace that also include the protection of civilian infrastructure. Not only bombing hospitals, but also paralyzing their computers should be outlawed, advocates say." Neue Zürcher Zeitung

It means that Western countries do not fulfill their obligations to combat international cybercrime and maybe even support it.

For example, Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia has declared this year that members of the IT-Army of Ukraine are trained and supported by US officials; please see the citation below:​

"It is telling that the United States is putting its aggressive policies into action. They make no attempt to conceal the fact that their cyber command is conducting operations against our country. We are well aware that Washington is aggressively recruiting hackers, training the so-called IT Army of Ukraine, and uses information and communication technologies of their partners and controlled private companies to carry out cyberattacks against Russia's information infrastructure." TASS

The situation with the IT-Army of Ukraine resembles very much situation with Afghan fighters who were trained and supported by the US and by Western countries in the 1980s.

But later these Afghans began terrorist attacks in the West and the US and its allies had to start a military operation in Afghanistan; this operation lasted for 20 years and ended without success in 2021.

The IT-Army of Ukraine too can later start its criminal activities against Western targets and use skills and experience which are given to it by the West. Now, this Army attacks Russian banks and tomorrow it will steal money from European and US banks or will squeeze it from these banks.​

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And? Ukraine wants to make this war as much costly for Russia as possible. Not only for their military, but also economy, transportation, everyday life. Ukraine have some limited capabilities in that, though.