Russian diplomat accuses West of patronizing Ukrainian IT army that commits cybercrime


The US-led West supervises Ukraine’s so-called IT army that may be responsible for cybercrime, Russia’s representative Irina Tyazhlova said on Monday. Addressing a meeting of the UN Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on security of and in the use of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs), she said:

“Other numerous malicious activities with the use of ICTs were perpetrated by the so-called `IT army’ – a gang of cybercriminals and telephone scammers controlled by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and supervised by the Western countries led by the US.” “We have repeatedly warned that this creation of Washington and its allies will turn against ordinary Europeans,” the Russian diplomat added.

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Source: TASS News