A/77/92 Communications and Information Protection, the Security Service, the National Police and the National Bank. It ensures collaboration between all government agencies, local authorities, military units, law enforcement agencies, research and educational institutions, civil groups, businesses and organizations, irrespective of their form of ownership, that deal with electronic communications and information security or are owners of critical information infrastructure. The subjects of ensuring the national cybersecurity system are familiar with the assessments and recommendations contained in the reports of the Open -ended Working Group on Developments in the Field of Information an d Telecommunications in the Context of International Security and the Group of Governmental Experts on Advancing Responsible State Behaviour in Cyberspace in the Context of International Security. The National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine coordinates and controls activities of the entities of the security and defence sector, ensuring the cybersecurity of Ukraine through its working body, the National Cybersecurity Coordination Centre. The Centre has a supervising function and undertakes tasks related to analysing the state of national cybersecurity and preparedness for combating cyberthreats, as well as forecasting and detecting relevant potential and actual threats. Having implemented the previous Cybersecurity Strategy of Ukraine for the period 2016–2020, the State was able to form the core of the national cybersecurity system. Ukraine has increased the potential that allows for further development of the system on the basis of deterrence, cyberresilience and interaction. The purpose of the current Cybersecurity Strategy of Ukraine, established for the period 2021–2025, is to create conditions for the safe functioning of cyberspace and its use in the interests of the individual, society and the State. The document is based on the principles of deterrence, cyberresilience and interaction. The above-mentioned efforts allowed Ukraine to identify the Russian preparation of the malicious cyberattacks against Ukrainian infrastructure which coincided with the physical aggression. From autumn 2021, we saw the increasing number of Russian-affiliated hackers’ groups attacks against important Ukrainian suppliers of digital and telecommunications services. These attacks also increased in quality, becoming more targeted and using more sophisticated tool s. It should be noted, however, that most of those cyberattacks were not successful. Our stakeholders, with the support of our international partners, detected and mitigated them. Ukraine is actively developing cooperation in the cyberdomain, primarily with the United States, the United Kingdom, Estonia and other Western partner countries, the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). It is receiving financial assistance, as well as advice, through bilateral and multinational training courses, seminars and conferences abroad and in Ukraine, along with assistance, modern hardware and software to address cybersecurity needs, conduct professional computer forensics and investigate cybercrimes. Ukraine is grateful for the recent statement of the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and other countries and institutions which condemns Russian aggressive actions in cyberspace against Ukraine and other countries. Since 2016, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine h as organized 22 rounds of bilateral cyberconsultations with 13 countries (Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Finland, United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Estonia, Netherlands, Slovenia, 22-08761 27/34

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