The United States and the United Kingdom quietly dispatched cyberspace warfare experts to Ukraine in hopes of better preparing the country for a Russian cyberattack, the New York Times reported.. Referring to unnamed American officials, the newspaper writes that, according to Washington and London, the next step of Russian President Vladimir Putin may not be an invasion using 175 thousand troops who are concentrated near the border, but cyberattacks that can disable power grids and the banking system.. US officials declined to describe the cyber groups that were sent to Ukraine, the New York Times noted.. In a statement, the Joe Biden administration noted only that the United States " A British government spokeswoman said the assistance provided by the UK and its allies is defensive in nature, the publication said.. While neither the US nor the British government went into details, officials said the US is considering a larger deployment, including US Cyber \u200b\u200bCommand resources, the New York Times reported.. As Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stefanishina said at a briefing today, a NATO cybersecurity exercise will take place in Kiev at the beginning of the year. " They will be held in Kiev, which will host representatives of all countries of the Alliance, " According to her, this is the first NATO exercise to be held in Ukraine.. "