Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) conducted a cyber operation gaining access to servers of the Russian occupation administration in Crimea, retrieving thousands of documents related to abducted Ukrainian children.
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Ukrainian cyber specialists gained access to servers belonging to the Russian occupation administration of Crimea and retrieved thousands of files confirming organized deportation of children
Ukrainian intelligence obtained new evidence of forced transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia through hacking the servers of the 'government of Crimea'
The servers contained documentation on illegal transfer of children from Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Luhansk regions
Data includes lists of abducted children, characteristics of orphans, illegal decisions to place them under care of Russian citizens, and addresses of new places of residence
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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:27:18.395Z
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