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EU-UK sanctions target Russia over Europe-wide 'vast cyber campaign'

Poland foiled an attempted cyberattack on energy infrastructure that could have left up to half a million consumers without heating during Poland's bitter winter.

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00:00The European Union and the United Kingdom announced coordinated sanctions against Russia on Monday for carrying out cyber attacks.
00:06The latest sanctions are the result of targeting Poland's energy grid and orchestrating a wider campaign across Europe stretching back
00:13years.
00:14On the same day, Germany had summoned Russia's ambassador in protests and France will follow suit.
00:38The joint measures are targeting individuals and organizations linked to Russia's security services as Britain added 24 new names,
00:46calling the attempts increasingly reckless and aimed at sowing chaos and division across Europe.
00:52The EU said that the attacks spanned countries including Cyprus, the Netherlands, Austria, Slovakia, Romania and Finland.
01:01Attributed to the FSB's Centre 16 Intelligence Unit, the December 2025 attack on the Polish electricity grid
01:08failed but could have caused 500,000 citizens to lose electricity in the depths of winter, the Foreign Office in
01:14London said.
01:16The Foreign Office also added that Russia is using cybercriminal networks to do its dirty work, a claim that Moscow
01:22denies.
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