NATO and EU condemn Russia’s cyber and hybrid attacks

The European Union and NATO on Friday condemned Russia for what they said was its "malicious cyber activities" and hybrid attacks aimed at undermining security and democracy in Europe and beyond. (AFP/File)
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Updated 18 July 2025
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NATO and EU condemn Russia’s cyber and hybrid attacks

  • The EU stands in full solidarity with the United Kingdom

BRUSSELS: The European Union and NATO on Friday condemned Russia for what they said was its “malicious cyber activities” and hybrid attacks aimed at undermining security and democracy in Europe and beyond.

The move followed Britain’s decision on Friday to sanction more than 20 Russian spies, hackers and agencies over what it called a “sustained campaign of malicious cyber activity” involving attacks on governments and institutions across Europe.

“The EU stands in full solidarity with the United Kingdom and continues to denounce the tangible threat Russia poses to the security of the UK and its partners, including the EU.”


Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iranian sailors’s bodies be handed to Iran embassy, local media says

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Sri Lanka court orders 84 Iranian sailors’s bodies be handed to Iran embassy, local media says

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan court ​has ordered that the bodies of 84 sailors killed in an attack ‌on an Iranian ‌warship ​off ‌the ⁠island ​nation’s coast ⁠last week be handed over to the embassy of Iran, ⁠local media ‌reported ‌on Wednesday.
The warship, ​IRIS ‌Dena, was ‌hit by a torpedo from a US submarine in ‌the Indian Ocean while it ⁠was ⁠returning from a naval exercise organized by India, amid the US-Israeli war on Iran.