A group of Ukrainian hackers, probably with intelligence support, hacked Moscow-based internet provider M9com and 'demolished' the servers with the result that part of the Russian capital was left without internet and TV.
This was reported by sources to RBC-Ukraine, adding that about 20 terabytes of data have been deleted. In addition, the hackers downloaded more than 10 Gb of data from the company's mail server and customer databases, which were made available online. The hackers, the sources say, acted to avenge the Dec. 12 cyberattack on Ukrainian telecommunications company Kyivstar.
Kiev, a thousand Ukrainian towns and villages are without electricity
Ukraine's electricity grid operator Ukrenergo said harsh winter weather had left more than 1,000 towns and villages without electricity in nine regions as the energy system was weakened by Russian attacks. This was reported by the Guardian.
The operator said electricity consumption reached its highest levels this week as temperatures dropped to around -15 degrees in many parts of the country.
"The level of consumption continues to rise due to the significant drop in temperature across the country," it said on Telegram. Ukraine had to import electricity from neighboring Romania and Slovakia in order to meet demand, Ukrenergo said.
Kyiv: '520 children killed since the beginning of the war'
At least 520 children have been killed in Ukraine by Russian forces since the beginning of the invasion and more than 1,191 have been injured, the country's Prosecutor General's Office announced on Telegram, Ukrinform reports. "As of the morning of January 9, 2024, according to official data from juvenile prosecutors, 520 children have been killed and more than 1,191 have been injured" in Ukraine since the beginning of the war, the message reads. Most of the children (504) were killed or injured in the Donetsk region.
Ukraine: 41 attacks in Kherson region in 24 hours
Russian forces have launched 41 attacks in the Kherson region (south) in the past 24 hours targeting residential areas, the head of the regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin, said on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.
"In the past 24 hours, the enemy launched 41 strikes and fired 182 rounds from mortars, artillery, Grad (missile launchers), tanks and unmanned aerial vehicles. The Russian army targeted residential areas of towns and villages in the region," Prokudin wrote, according to whom no civilian casualties were recorded. Yesterday evening, Russian troops shelled the center of Kherson.
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