"Real Spirit Of Cooperation Prevails" As House "Debates" Cybersecurity Assistance For Ukraine

Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA).

"We had an opportunity to hear about what is being done to try to tear that country apart.

This is in addition to the invasion in the east. The occupation of the east. This is the farthest east one can go in Ukraine today. And you can see the struggle that everyday people are having with the disinformation campaign launched against them relentlessly.

As their president stated, cyberspace has turned into another battlefield for state independence. And that is so true for Ukraine. In their struggle to defend their independence , and their territorial integrity from Russian aggression , extends far beyond the armed conflict of the occupation of its territory.

In 2014 hackers targeted Ukraine's electoral infrastructure just days before the presidential election. The following year a malicious cyber intrusion shut down the country's