Using suitcase-sized solid-state hard drives, called Snowball Edge units — delivered to Ukraine through the Polish border — Amazon has helped back up critical infrastructure and economic information beginning the day Russia launched its invasion."This is the most technologically advanced war in human history," The Los Angeles Times reported Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine's 31-year-old vice prime minister and minister of digital transformation, said, adding that Amazon Web Services' "leadership made a decision that saved the Ukrainian government and economy."On February 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine, Liam Maxwell, Amazon Web Services' director of government transformation, met with Ukrainian Ambassador Vadym Prystaiko to discuss how the company could assist Ukraine.While it is unclear if Amazon has assisted other countries with such data transfers previously, Maxwell told The Los Angeles Times reported several East Asian countries have since inquired about out-of-the-country cloud backups of their government's data.In July, Amazon was awarded the Ukrainian peace prize for its work assisting the invaded country in backing up essential files to the cloud."