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Poroshenko pays bail for ex-intelligence officer Сhervinskyi

Poroshenko pays bail for ex-intelligence officer Сhervinskyi

by Kateryna Denisova

Roman Chervinskyi previously served in Ukraine's Defense Intelligence (HUR). He was indicted by the State Security Service (SBU) in April 2023 for abuse of power. According to SBU officials, Chervinskyi, along with others in the HUR, tried to hijack a Russian Air Force aircraft whose pilot was allegedly planning to defect to Ukraine.

Source: Ukrainian cyberattack leaves at least 250,000 consumers without connection in Russian-occupied territories

Source: Ukrainian cyberattack leaves at least 250,000 consumers without connection in Russian-occupied territories

A May attack reportedly affected both the networks of consumers and the networks of operators that used the impacted infrastructure on Russian-occupied territories. Representatives of Russian providers call it "the most powerful DDoS attack they have ever experienced," a military intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent.

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