#ATTACK

Over the weekend, the websites of numerous Estonian government institutions were targeted by the largest wave of DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks in the country’s history. The attacks, claimed by pro-Kremlin hackers, were reported by the Postimees newspaper on Monday.

The New York Times reports that 12 Ukrainian pilots are set to be ready for combat flights on F-16 aircraft after completing training in Denmark, the UK, and the U.S. However, by that time, only six out of the 45 promised F-16s from European allies will have reached Kyiv.

A large grain silo was completely destroyed in a Russian missile attack on the eastern Ukrainian Dnipro region this weekend and injured one person, the facility’s owner, Ukrlandfarming, said late on Sunday.

The U.S. embassy in Russia has issued a warning about imminent plans for an attack in Moscow by “extremists”, following a report from Russian security services about the thwarting of a planned shooting at a synagogue by a cell associated with the Afghan branch of the Islamic State.

Police have stepped up security measures at Jewish sites in Zurich following a serious knife attack on an orthodox Jewish man in the Swiss city overnight, local police said on Sunday.

An unknown perpetrator threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia director’s office in Riga on Tuesday night, causing a fire to break out.