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Cyber operations in Russia's war against Ukraine: Uses, limitations, and lessons learned so far

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  • Schulze, Matthias
  • Kerttunen, Mika

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One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, certain assumptions about the utility of cyber operations during wartime can now be put to the test. Russian cyber salvos opened this war, but they failed to achieve their objectives in the face of a resilient cyber defender. Joint cyber/conventional warfighting is still hard to implement due to its uncertain effects, the potential for spill-over, malware development cycles, and differing operational tempos. Cyber operations against Ukraine have not (yet) achieved major strategic effects in reducing Ukraine's capacity to resist. Additionally, Russian information operations targeting Ukrainian and Western audiences fell on deaf ears. The greatest value of cyber operations therefore still appears to lie in their intelligence and reconnaissance functions.

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  • Schulze, Matthias & Kerttunen, Mika, 2023. "Cyber operations in Russia's war against Ukraine: Uses, limitations, and lessons learned so far," SWP Comments 23/2023, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:swpcom:232023
    DOI: 10.18449/2023C23
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