Ukraine and electronic warfare

[1] The use of radio-electronic warfare among the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) prevented the undermining of any personnel and equipment of the Ukrainian peacekeeping group.

In 2023, the Ministry of Digital Transformation announced the Ukrainian development of its EW system created as part of the Brave1— the Piranha AVD 360 program.

As of 2024, almost the entire share of the production of electronic warfare equipment in Ukraine is exclusively produced by private companies, some of which work in partnership with foreign manufacturers.

This is greatly aided by means of radio-electronic warfare (EW), which is one of the most significant and important elements of contemporary wars and, as a result, has had the most rapid and dynamic development among all modern types of weapons.

Ukraine's current REP models generally correspond to the development and introduction of weapons and counterweapons, akin to the shield and the sword in historical combat.

REP is very important in combat, because in case of weakness of radio-electronic protection, the enemy can get receive all the information about any vulnerable points in the army.

According to the range of their action, they are conditionally divided into three groups: trench, tactical and strategic-operational:[6] In addition, systems can be mobile and can be easily moved and quickly redeployed in any place to provide powerful radio-electronic protection.

[7] With the assistance of EW systems during the Battle of Kyiv in 2022, the Ukrainian military destroyed Russian combat drones and effectively blocked reconnaissance devices.

Another example of EW playing a key role in protecting civilians took place during the Russian missile attack on the night of January 13, 2023.

[11] The commander of the Ground Forces, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Pavlyuk, reported on the results of the work of the Ukrainian EW.

[11] Ukraine actively cooperates with other countries in the field of EW production, and experts regularly participate in international training and exchange of experience.

This is an organization of countries that participate in the production and transfer of unmanned aerial vehicles, including EW, to Ukraine in order to repel Russian attacks.