A Ukrainian national has been extradited from Spain to the United States to face charges over allegedly conducting Nefilim ransomware attacks against companies. The suspect, Artem Aleksandrovych Stryzhak, 35, was arrested in Spain in June 2024 and extradited to the U.S. on April 30, 2025. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Stryzhak allegedly participated … Read more
Chaplain Volodymyr was in the middle of his Easter prayer near the front in Ukraine’s Donetsk region when another explosion blasted out, piercing the air despite a 30-hour truce announced by Russia for the holiday. “Christ died and rose again… this is their truce” Volodymyr told AFP journalists after the blast, before continuing: “He gave … Read more
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has hit out at the US over its “weak” response to lethal Russian attacks on his hometown on Friday. President Zelenskyy posted a lengthy and emotional statement on X about Russia’s strikes on Kryvyi Rih, which killed 19 people. Meanwhile Ukrainian drones hit an explosives factory in Russia’s Samara region in … Read more
Russian drones targeted a military hospital, a shopping center and apartment blocks in Ukraine’s second-largest city, killing two people and wounding dozens. Elsewhere, President Trump offered his most critical comments at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about the leader of Ukraine. Six strikes in a “deliberate, targeted shelling” hit the northeastern border … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Friday for a “transitional administration” to be put in place in Ukraine and vowed his army would “finish off” Ukrainian troops, in hardline remarks as US President Donald Trump pushes for a ceasefire. A rapprochement between Washington and Moscow since Trump’s return to office and the US leader’s threats to … Read more
Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s national railway operator, has been hit by a massive cyberattack that disrupted online services for buying tickets both through mobile apps and the website. The incident forced people to booths to buy physical tickets, causing overcrowding, delays, long waiting times, and frustration. With trains being the only reliable and relatively safe means for people … Read more
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-UA) is warning about highly targeted attacks employing compromised Signal accounts to send malware to employees of defense industry firms and members of the country’s army forces. The bulletin mentions that the attacks started this month, with Signal messages containing archives posing as meeting reports. With some of these messages … Read more
The State Department has ended funding for the tracking of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and American officials or contractors might have deleted a database with information on them, according to a letter U.S. lawmakers sent to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday. The work on the abducted children by … Read more
US president Donald Trump on Wednesday held a ‘very good’ call with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky, a day after he engaged in an hour long phone call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Post the chat with Zelensky, Donald Trump, facing rejection of a mineral deal with Ukraine, raised the possibility of the United States taking ownership of … Read more
Russia unleashed a furious bombardment aimed at critical Ukrainian infrastructure overnight on Thursday and on Friday amid increasing worries that the American decision to withhold intelligence assistance could leave Ukraine more vulnerable to attacks. Ukraine’s energy minister, German Galushchenko, said Russian forces launched a “massive missile and drone” assault on power and gas facilities across … Read more