WHITE HOUSE: Russia’s Cyber-Attack on Ukraine Most ‘Destructive and Costly’ in History.

The Office of the Press Secretary’s statement echoes the conclusion of British intelligence, as the U.K. earlier on Thursday declared Russia responsible for the attack, the BBC reported. The 2017 attack was known as “NotPetya” and targeted companies conducting business with Ukraine, a country with which Russia has been in conflict since its 2014 annexation of Crimea.

“In June 2017, the Russian military launched the most destructive and costly cyber-attack in history,” the White House statement reads.

The statement goes on to say that the economic damage—which resulted from attacks on shipping giant FedEx, drugmaker Merck, and others—has reached billions of dollars. The White House maintains the attack was part of the Kremlin’s campaign against Ukraine.

“The attack, dubbed ‘NotPetya,’ quickly spread worldwide, causing billions of dollars in damage across Europe, Asia, and the Americas,” the statement reads. “It was part of the Kremlin’s ongoing effort to destabilize Ukraine and demonstrates ever more clearly Russia’s involvement in the ongoing conflict.”

It might be worth revealing some of the West’s methods if we turned off the lights in Moscow for 24 hours — and put an end to this Kremlin BS.