Russia maintains advantage over Ukraine in electronic warfare systems – Financial Times

Moscow maintains a significant advantage over Ukraine in terms of electronic warfare systems, having invested substantial resources in this field for over a decade.

This information comes from the Financial Times.

The publication highlights two advanced Russian systems: “Pole-21,” capable of jamming an area within a 150 km radius, and mobile systems called “Murmansk.”

“The problem is that the Russians are capable of deploying electronic warfare systems across a larger part of the front, sometimes down to the platoon level, especially concerning things like ‘Pole-21’,” the article notes.

Russia increasingly employs electronic warfare to divert Western precision munitions such as “HIMARS” and “Excalibur.”

“Moscow has also utilized its electronic warfare capabilities to mimic missile launches and drones, confusing Ukraine’s air defense systems and pinpointing their locations,” said Ivan Pavlenko, a representative of Ukraine’s General Staff.

One Ukrainian serviceman complained to the FT about the absence of electronic warfare means in his unit, which was nearly entirely destroyed during weeks of intense bombardment.

He said, that Russian drones were hitting like mosquitoes.

“What electronic warfare? We had nothing. I don’t even want to recall those days in the trenches. Our guys were falling like flies.”

The publication also notes that Crimea has a high degree of electronic protection. It reveals previously undisclosed details about the operation of Ukrainian special services on the peninsula.

“Before Ukrainian special forces carried out missile strikes on the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol earlier this year using high-speed boats, they disabled Russian electronic warfare systems installed on oil platforms,” according to the Financial Times.