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Microsoft said it would provide additional technology aid of
nearly $100 million, bringing its total support for Ukraine to
more than $400 million since the crisis started in February.
The company's support "will ensure that government agencies,
critical infrastructure and other sectors in Ukraine can
continue to run their digital infrastructure and serve citizens
through the Microsoft Cloud," Microsoft Corp President Brad
Smith wrote in a blog post.
Ukraine has also been the target of numerous cyberattacks by
Russia since the start of the conflict in late February,
according to western security researchers and senior government
officials.
A number of companies across Europe and North America have
mobilized in offering aid to Ukrainian authorities and people.
Earlier in June, Microsoft also said it was making substantial
cuts to its business in Russia, joining a list of companies that
had reduced their exposure or pulled out of the country in
response to the invasion.
Russian forces swept into Ukraine in February in what Moscow
calls a "special military operation" to eliminate dangerous
nationalists and protect Russian-speakers. Kyiv calls Moscow's
military action an unprovoked imperialist land grab.
(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb
Chakrabarty)
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