Ukraine cyberattack: Affected websites embody 2 of their largest monetary establishments. (Representational)

Kyiv:

Ukraine mentioned on Tuesday that the websites of the nation’s defence ministry and armed forces in addition to two state banks have been hit by a cyberattack that might have Russian origins.

The announcement from Ukraine’s communications watchdog comes with the previous Soviet republic fearing a attainable assault from Russian forces conducting large army drills at its frontiers.

The affected websites embody the Oschadbank state financial savings financial institution and Privat24 — two of the nation’s largest monetary establishments.

The defence ministry web site confirmed an error message saying the positioning was “undergoing technical maintenance”.

The watchdog mentioned Privat24 was hit by “a massive denial of service (DDOS) attack”.

“It cannot be excluded that the aggressor is resorting to dirty tricks,” the watchdog mentioned in reference to Russia.

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