NEW: @StateDept@SecBlinken in surprise visit to #Kyiv to announce additional $2.6 billion in security assistance for #Ukraine and other countries under threat from #Russia
$2.2 billion in "long-term investments...to bolster the security of Ukraine & 18 of its neighbors"
$675 million for "additional arms, munitions, & equipment" for #Kyiv
New aid "will bring the total US military assistance for #Ukraine to approximately $15.2 billion since the beginning of this Administration" per @SecBlinken
"The capabilities we are delivering are carefully calibrated to make the most difference on the battlefield" he adds
UPDATE from @DeptofDefense - more details on latest $675 million security assistance package to #Ukraine
- #HIMARS ammo
- #Howitzers, artillery rounds
- armored vehicles
- anti-armor systems
and more
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New: #Ukraine bracing for new round of #Russia|n cyber attacks targeting its energy, financial sectors, Deputy Minister of Digital Transformation Georgii Dubynskyi tells reporters
"We saw this scenario before-before the winter they [#Russia] are trying to find a way how to undermine, how to defeat our energy system & how to make circumstances even more severe for Ukrainians" per Dubynskyi
"We repel 99% of #Russia|n attacks on a daily basis" he says
#Ukraine has a vision for an "army of drones" - "Drones are a game-changer" per @FedorovMykhailo
Fedorov says future wars will be fought more with drones than w/people
"#Ukraine has proved to be one of the world's strongest #cyber states" per @FedorovMykhailo, while also asking for continued support in a prerecorded video presentation for @BillingtonCyber
#Election2022 interference not just virtual anymore - "What we're starting to see is potentially physical security issues" at the polling place even, @CISAgov's @KimWyman12 tells @BillingtonCyber
"Microsoft assessed with high confidence that multiple Iranian actors participated in this attack—with different actors responsible for distinct phases"
- DEV-0842 deployed the ransomware and wiper malware
- DEV-0861 gained initial access and exfiltrated data
- DEV-0166 exfiltrated data
- DEV-0133 probed victim infrastructure
"The actors involved in gaining initial access and exfiltrating data in the attack are linked to EUROPIUM, which has been publicly linked to #Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS)" per @Microsoft
"#Putin's bet, I think, is that he's going to be tougher than the #Ukrainians & the #Europeans & the Americans...Europeans facing what's going to be a difficult winter with high energy prices are going to lose resolve" per @CIA's Burns
"#Putin is as wrong about that bet as he was profoundly wrong in his assumptions going back to last February abt the Ukrainian will to resist & the will of the West, of the United States & all of our partners to support the Ukrainians" per @CIA's Burns