The Ukrainian government has managed to protect its data from Russian cyberattacks and has successfully mobilized applications that allow the army to be informed in real time about the movements of Russian forces, Schmidt explained on Monday during a conference in line for a 36 -hour stay Ukraine.

Among the initiatives taken by the fledgling Ukrainian parliament since the start of the Russian offensive on February 24 is the repeal of a law that prevented the government from storing its data in a dematerialized database.

They moved all their data from government servers to the cloudhe said.

Then the Ukrainians turned to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for receiving terminals from the internal Starlink satellite service, who did that fail the Russian strategy of disabling Ukrainian communications, according to Mr. Schmidt.

The contribution of business leaders and donors

Other business leaders and donors have allotted funds to Ukraine to buy Starlink terminals, the number of which has now reached 20,000 in the country, the ex-Google CEO recalled.

The Ukrainian government also expanded its use of an Estonian encrypted app, which Ukrainians are already using to store copies of their passports, ID cards, bank accounts and more on their phones.

If your home was bombed, you could send a photo and the emergency services would be notified immediatelyand informed the military, he said.

Finally, the Kiev authorities launched a service using the encrypted Swiss messaging application Threema, which allowed any Ukrainian to report Russian tanks to the government. The information obtained was then analyzed using artificial intelligence to define the most useful targets.

Their internet remained operational, their government data remained secure, and they had the ability to allow citizen journalists to feed them information.he stated.

Use of cyber attacks by Ukraine

The ex-Google CEO also highlighted the use of cyberattacks by the Kiev authorities against Russia, which he did not elaborate on.

He also cited reports that Ukrainian forces were using facial recognition to identify Russian soldiers accused of committing war crimes.

He further mentioned the Ukrainian project ofdrone armywhich envisages the extensive use of drones by Ukrainian forces and their ability to take control of Russian drones. Their programmers are very good at hacking and using themhe noticed.

Based on the little data I have collected, I can say that the Ukrainian technology sector has really contributed to this in battle, he concluded.