U.S. Defense Department Halts Cyber Operations Against Russia – Reports

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a intermission connected each of the country's cyber operations against Russia, including violative actions, according to aggregate U.S. media reports.

The bid is portion of an wide reevaluation of U.S. operations related to Russia, according to the New York Times, with the duration oregon grade of the intermission unclear.

The Pentagon declined to remark erstwhile contacted by AFP.

"Due to operational information concerns, we bash not remark nor sermon cyber intelligence, plans oregon operations," a elder defence authoritative said. "There is nary greater precedence to Secretary Hegseth than the information of the Warfighter successful each operations, to see the cyber domain."

The reported alteration comes arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for negotiations to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine, arsenic good arsenic days aft Trump berated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a White House meeting.

Western countries person accused the Kremlin of masterminding a drawstring of incidents aimed astatine trying to undermine enactment for Ukraine arsenic it battles Russia's invasion.

Trump, meanwhile, has formed himself arsenic a mediator betwixt Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelensky, sidelining Kyiv and Europe portion pursuing a rapprochement with Russia.

"We should walk little clip worrying astir Putin," Trump posted connected his Truth Social level precocious Sunday.

U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz, speaking Sunday to CNN astir reopening links to Russia, denied reports of the cyber argumentation alteration astatine the Defense Department.

"That has not been portion of our discussions," Waltz said. "There volition beryllium each kinds of carrots and sticks to get this warfare to an end."

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