03/15/2023
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The cyber and influence operations of the war in Ukraine’s digital battlefield
What we have learned about nation state tactics so far and what may be on the horizon
Prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, many observers expected that a Russian-led hybrid war, like that observed when Russia invaded Donbas and illegally annexed Crimea in 2014, would involve marrying cyber weapons, influence operations, and military force to swiftly overrun Ukrainian defenses. Now, one year after its full-scale invasion, Russia’s military has indeed wrought physical devastation in Ukraine but has not achieved its objectives—in part because Moscow’s parallel cyber and influence operations have largely failed.
