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US said to halt offensive cyber ops against Russia as part of effort to cultivate ties
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. (L), speaks with the media during his first official arrival at the Pentagon as secretary, in Washington on January 27, 2025. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia in an effort to renew relations and achieve talks with Moscow on Ukraine, The New York Times reports.
The report, which cites a current official and two former officials familiar with the instruction, says this is “part of a larger re-evaluation of all operations against Russia.”
The order was given before the extraordinary public shouting match in the Oval Office between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the report adds.
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