The German Foreign Minister said that NATO countries “have a lot to learn” from Ukraine in the field of cyber defense

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Annalena Berbock (Photo: REUTERS/Alaa Al-Sukhni)

German Foreign Minister Annalena Bärbock said that NATO countries “ there is a lot to learn” from Ukraine in the field of cyber defense.

She said this in her speech at the NATO cyber conference in Berlin.

Burbock explained this by saying that Ukraine has quite a lot of experience in cyber defense due to the full-scale invasion of Russia.

“At the moment, our Ukrainian friends probably have more experience in cyber defense than all of us combined,” the minister noted, adding that investing in partnerships between countries will also develop Germany’s potential.

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Burbock also noted that her country provided Ukraine with 10 thousand. ground stations for the satellite Internet system within « contribution» to Ukraine's cyber potential and continues to train personnel in cybersecurity.

“We know that if our close partners are vulnerable, we are vulnerable too,” she said, recalling how Russia attacked the ViaSat communications network on the day of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

She noted that the attack not only led to an information blackout in part of Ukraine, as the effect spread to networks across Europe, and renewable energy suppliers temporarily lost contact with more than 3 thousand. wind farms throughout Germany.

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Burbock stressed that NATO can “ achieve stability through partnership,” noting that by supporting Ukraine in cyber defense, the Alliance is also protecting itself.

Previously, the Security Service of Ukraine reported that on the night of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, February 24, Russia wanted to destroy all of Ukraine’s cyber defenses, but security officers managed to neutralize all attempts by the occupiers to paralyze strategically important electronic resources or use them to spread propaganda, in particular to prevent hacking of IT systems of critical infrastructure facilities, telecom operators and media.

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