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Jenna McLaughlin

A digital conflict between Russia and Ukraine rages on behind the scenes of war

Tom Burt, a vice president at Microsoft who manages the digital crimes unit. (Meron Menghistab for NPR)

SEATTLE — On the sidelines of a conference in Estonia on Wednesday, a senior U.S. intelligence official told British outlet Sky News that the U.S. is running offensive cyber operations in support of Ukraine.

"My job is to provide a series of options to the secretary of defense and the president, and so that's what I do," said Gen. Paul Nakasone, the head of the National Security Agency, who also serves as the chief of the Pentagon's digital branch, the U.S Cyber Command.

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