Intelligence, information warfare, cyber warfare, electronic warfare – what they are and how Russia is using them in Ukraine

Russian forces have the capability to jam signals from satellites, affecting communications and navigation. Vitaly V. Kuzmin/Wikimedia, CC BY-NC-SA

Russia has one of the most capable and technological militaries on the planet. They have advanced intelligence, information warfare, cyber warfare and electronic warfare capabilities.

Russia has used these technologies in recent years in combat in Syria and the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, and is using them in its current invasion of Ukraine.