Russian hacking group CyberBerkut claim to have uncovered evidence that the Ukraine military have supplied weapons to ISIS.
The group say that they are in possession of documents that prove that employees of Ukrainian state-owned defence company Ukroboronprom, discussed with the Qatari government officials the possible sale of surface-to-air S-125-SD Pechora missiles.
On Saturday the hacking group posted the headline: The Poles supply ISIS militants with Ukrainian weapons, with screen-grabs of documents proving their claim.
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Ibtimes.com reports:
The report, which does not offer proof that the Ukrainian company sold a Soviet-built S-125-SD Pechora to Qatar, comes after a Lebanese citizen was arrested in Kuwait, and claimed he purchased arms in Ukraine that were ultimately meant for ISIS. Qatar has funded Syrian rebel groups for years, spending “as much as $3 billion” during the first two years of the civil war alone, the Financial Times reported.
“There have been no official comments on the issue, and the documents uploaded by the hackers have not been verified,” Sputnik reported, regarding the alleged negotiations between Ukroboronprom and Qatar’s Defense Industry. Another pro-Kremlin media outlet, FortRuss.blogspot.be, reported Saturday that CyberBerkut “published a letter, dated September 21” in which a Ukroboronprom executive “states the company is interested in supply of military equipment to a country, which, according to some, may be a title sponsor of the Islamic State.”
Formed in 2014, CyberBerkut is a notorious hacking collective that’s been blamed for disrupting the online system used in the Ukrainian election that contributed to the 2014 revolution. Attacks on NATO websites, U.S. military contractor websites, Ukrainian media outlets and others have also been blamed on CyberBerkut.
The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks that killed 130 and injured 350 others.
