The UK government has announced an additional £16 million (~$20.483M) in funding to help Ukraine defend the country’s critical infrastructure from Russian cyberattacks.
This funding comes on top of the £6 million (~$7.679m) package announced by the British authorities last year for the UK’s Ukraine Cyber Programme (UCP).
“Russia’s appalling attacks on Ukraine are not limited to their barbaric land invasion, but also involve sickening attempts to attack their cyber infrastructure that provides vital services, from banking to energy supplies, to innocent Ukrainian people,” said prime minister, Rishi Sunak, in a statement.
It is believed that an extra £9 million (~$11.519m) will be contributed from unnamed “international allies,” which would bring the total package to £25 million (~$32m).
In addition to boosting cyber defenses, the UK has also stepped up its military support to Ukraine.
The UK contributed a further £250 million (~$319m) to the International Fund for Ukraine (IFU), which announced it would provide a major package of air defense, including radars, guns and ammunition to Kyiv to protect Ukrainian cities from indiscriminate Russian attacks.