When undercover Russian troops first invaded Crimea last year, the Ukrainian government and military were wholly unprepared for the new brand of hybrid warfare they launched, Vitaly Naida, director of information security counterintelligence for Ukraine’s Security Service, told POLITICO.
The Russian forces integrated traditional but covert military actions with cyberattacks and propaganda campaign, giving themselves a free hand to eavesdrop on officials’ emails and cellphone communications, gathering information about Ukrainian military operations and policy debates long before they were public. In some cases, Naida said, they were able to target Ukrainian military forces with lethal artillery fire by geolocating a mass …read more
Source: European Voice
