Hegseth orders pause in US cyber-offensive against Russia

Hegseth orders pause in US cyber-offensive against Russia 1 day ago Share Save James FitzGerald BBC News Share Save Watch in full: The remarkable exchange between Zelensky, Vance and Trump US President Donald Trump's administration is pausing its offensive cyber operations against Russia, officials say, as a diplomatic push continues to end the war in Ukraine. The reasoning for the instruction has not been publicly stated, and it is not clear how long the halt might last. The defence department has declined to comment. The directive reportedly came before Trump ended up in a televised row with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House on Friday. Since returning to office, Trump has markedly softened the American position towards Moscow in eagerness to reach a deal to end the war - following Russia's full-scale invasion more than three years ago. He appeared to echo Moscow's justification for starting the war and announced plans to meet his counterpart President Vlad ... Read full article.