UNITED NATIONS, December 12. /TASS/. The US-led West supervises Ukraine’s so-called IT army that may be responsible for cybercrime, Russia’s representative Irina Tyazhlova said on Monday.

Addressing a meeting of the UN Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on security of and in the use of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs), she said: "Other numerous malicious activities with the use of ICTs were perpetrated by the so-called `IT army’ - a gang of cybercriminals and telephone scammers controlled by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and supervised by the Western countries led by the US." "We have repeatedly warned that this creation of Washington and its allies will turn against ordinary Europeans," the Russian diplomat added.

According to Tyazhlova, in November, the Hungarian authorities reported that the bulk of funds stolen in their country through ICT crimes, including telephone fraud schemes, ended up in Ukraine.

"States should search for ways of settling contradictions and mutual claims by peaceful means - that would serve the true interests of strengthening peace and security in the information space," Tyazhlova concluded. She also called for establishing a global intergovernmental directory for points of contact that would "facilitate professional and depoliticized interaction between authorized agencies on security in the use of ICTs.".