Thomas Brewster
Both before the war and after Russia’s invasion in 2022, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded projects bolstered Ukraine's digital defenses in various ways. In particular, USAID projects helped to secure the country from cyberattacks.
Progress on that work has come to a grinding halt since the Trump administration ordered USAID staff and their contractors to stop work, while Elon Musk’s DOGE reorganizes and, unless courts can stop them, dismantle the aid agency.
The most prominent project, now on hold, was called the USAID Cybersecurity for Critical Infrastructure in Ukraine Activity. Contracted out to Maryland-based government provider DAI, it announced a project to help secure the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ global diplomatic communications networks in October.
Julie Koenen, USAID mission director in Ukraine, said at the time that USAID was committed to ensuring “essential government functions such as diplomacy can continue." Up until January 17, the cyber mission was posting on its Facebook page, encouraging companies to sign up to a project to help Ukrainian cybersecurity businesses enter the U.S. market. The organization’s social pages have gone quiet since Trump became president. Neither the DAI
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