Russia is starting to make its superiority in electronic warfare count

Most of theEWEW NATOEW EW attention to what Ukraine needs in its protracted struggle to free its territory from the invading Russian forces has focused on : tanks, fighter jets, missiles, air-defence batteries, artillery and vast quantities of munitions. But a less discussed weakness lies in (); something that Ukraine’s Western supporters have so far shown little interest in tackling.Russia, says Seth Jones of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a think-tank in Washington, has for many years placed a “huge focus” on using its military-industrial complex to produce and develop an impressive range of capabilities to counter ’s highly networked systems. But Ukraine, according to its commander-in-chief, , found itself at the beginning of the war with mainly Soviet-era systems. Initially the discrepancy had only limited impact, but as relatively static lines of contact have emerged Russia has been able to position its formidable assets where they can have the greatest effect.