The European Parliament is under a sophisticated cyberattack.

A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility, the Parliaments president, Roberta Metsola, posted on Twitter.

The@Europarl_ENis under a sophisticated cyberattack.

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A pro-Kremlin group has claimed responsibility.

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Spokesman Jaume Duch said the website had been targeted by adistributed denial-of- service(DDoS) attack.

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