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Russia’s spy agency was likely behind the cyber attack that hit Ukraine’s state registries yesterday, Kyiv’s intelligence service (SBU) has claimed.

Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister, said the cyber-attack was one of the largest to have hit the country in recent times.

In a post on Telegram, the SBU said criminal proceedings have been opened and that a hacker group associated with Russia’s spy agency was involved.

“In general, we are working in three directions: repelling the attack, restoring the infrastructure, and documenting this war crime,” said Volodymyr Karastelov, acting head of the SBU’s cyber security team.

“The main version considered by the SBU is that Russian special services, in particular the hacker group Gru GSH ZS RF, are behind this cyber-attack.”