Estonia, Ukraine Build Digital Tools to Track Russian War Crimes, Abducted Children

Estonia and Ukraine are working on secure digital systems to document Russian war crimes and help locate and return Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, Estonian Justice and Digital Affairs Minister Liisa-Ly Pakosta said on Wednesday, Nov. 11.The projects focus on establishing secure channels to exchange war crime evidence and using digital forensic analysis to support efforts to trace missing children, Pakosta told Ukrainian media outlet Hromadske.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“These are two areas where many challenges still need to be solved,” she said, describing both initiatives as personal priorities.Pakosta said protecting sensitive information is central to the projects, as databases containing information about missing children and evidence of Russian military actions could become targets of Russian cyberattacks.Russian cyberattacks have repeatedly targeted Ukraine’s government systems and civilian digital infrastructure.In November 2026, hackers had compromised Ukraine’s widely used Air Alert application, sending false warnings of nuclear and chemical threats to users across the country. Some operations also preceded the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, such as the 2017 NotPetya malware attack that targeted Ukrainian banks and institutions.Russian cyber operations have also increasingly affected European countries beyond Ukraine.In July 2026, the EU accused Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) of directing cyber campaigns against government networks and critical infrastructure across several EU member states, including France, Germany, Poland, the Netherlands, Finland and Romania. In the same month, the EU sanctioned nine Russians and four companies linked to cyberattacks on Europe, Ukraine, and critical infrastructure. Other Topics of Interest Estonia Calls Russian Sabotage ‘State Terrorism’ as Cyberattacks Hit Supermarkets Nearly 100 supermarkets across Europe were hit by cyberattacks that caused refrigeration systems to overheat, raising fresh security concerns. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.