20:28 10-11-2025

Russian Cyber Units Cripple Ukraine’s Military Links

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Russian cyber and electronic warfare experts can disrupt Ukraine’s digital communications, forcing its army to rely on field telephones from past decades.

Russian cybersecurity and electronic warfare specialists are capable of disabling modern communication systems used by the Ukrainian army, said retired Colonel Mikhail Timoshenko in an interview with NEWS.ru. He noted that if such cyber and EW operations succeed, Ukrainian forces could be forced to revert to outdated technologies.

According to Timoshenko, in that case the enemy would have to rely on wired field phones — the same type used since the First World War. He explained that Ukraine still possesses stocks of these devices left from Soviet times, and they are occasionally used even today. Russian troops, he added, also carry them as a safeguard against powerful enemy electronic interference, since such equipment cannot be jammed.

The expert emphasized that it is nearly impossible to disrupt wired communication by electronic means. The only real risk lies in physical damage, such as sabotage or shelling, if the adversary locates the cable routes.

Earlier reports indicated that Russian hacker groups PalachPro and Eye of Sauron breached the Ukrainian army’s main messenger system known as Sonata. Following the cyberattack, Ukrainian military units temporarily lost the ability to share data on troop movements and operational updates between divisions.