Whether it's Anonymous claiming to have shut down the Control Center of the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, or a Ukrainian parts manufacturer making electric vehicle charging stations spit out messages that "Putin is a dickhead", the Russia-Ukraine invasion is a conflict that refuses to stay offline.

Adding to this, the Ukrainian government is now calling on cyber-security experts – as well as other amateurs – to join an "IT army" in the fight against Russia. Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov asked people to sign up to the "army" on Saturday. 

"We are creating an IT army. We need digital talents," Fedorov wrote on Twitter, adding that all tasks would be given out to the army on a Telegram channel. "There will be tasks for everyone. We continue to fight on the cyber front. The first task is on the channel for cyber specialists."

Gizmodo reports that the first request for the cyber army was to launch denial of service (DDOS) attacks against 31 targets, including government entities, Russian banks, and Russian businesses. People with less expertise in cybersecurity were asked to report YouTube videos containing misinformation on the conflict, in an attempt to have the videos removed.

It's not known whether it is connected to the IT army, but there have been several high-profile attacks on Russian websites in recent days. One attack by Anonymous saw several prominent Russian news outlets display anti-war messages.

“Dear citizens. We urge you to stop this madness, don’t send your sons and husbands to certain death. Putin makes us lie and puts us in danger,” one message greeted users to the Forbes Russia, Fontanka, and Takie Dela websites, according to CNN.

“We have been isolated from the whole world, oil and gas are no longer traded. In a few years, we will be living like in North Korea."

Several websites also displayed the number of casualties on the Russian side, figures which have not been released by the Kremlin, likely in an attempt to turn more Russians against the invasion, or provoke those who are already against the invasion into action.