EW Europe: Russia's electronic war in Ukraine

14th June 2017 - 09:44 GMT | by Tim Fish

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Russia has two army corps of proxies operating in Ukrainian territory, including electronic warfare companies, defence sources have revealed.

These units are experts, trained to use complex and expensive EW equipment that can be damaging to Ukrainian military and security forces, delegates at the EW Europe conference in London last week heard.

Military sources stated that these EW formations were professional regular Russian Army units controlled from Russia and cannot be directed by Ukrainian rebels or local workers as officially claimed by Moscow.

Employing powerful technology to disrupt and damage Ukrainian forces, these EW specialists have been increasing in numbers

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