Russian Information Warfare Is Changing The Face Of Warfare

A Ukrainian soldier drinks coffee in the trenches outside of Avdiivka in April 2017. Daniel Brown/Business Insider

Business Insider: Russian-backed separatists are using terrifying text messages to shock adversaries — and it's changing the face of warfare

* Since the war in Ukraine began in 2014, Russian-backed separatists have repeatedly employed all kinds of electronic and cyberwarfare tactics against Ukrainian troops.
* At times, Russian-backed separatists have combined electronic warfare, cyberwarfare, information operations and artillery strikes all in one.
* As such, a US Army colonel suggests that the US military, which has little experience fighting in such an environment, take steps to counteract such tactics in the future.

As the war in eastern Ukraine rages on, so too does Russia's invasive electronic warfare — and it's changing how war is fought by sending threats to individual soldier's phones, and those of their families.

Since the war began in 2014, Russian-backed separatists have repeatedly employed all kinds of electronic and cyberwarfare tactics against Ukrainian troops.

Although Russia's use of electronic warfare was limited during its 2008 invasion of Georgia, Russian-backed separatists, who are funded by the Kremlin and at times commanded by Russian troops, have used it proficiently in the Donbas, a section of southeastern Ukraine where the war is fought.

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WNU Editor: Disinformation warfare  has been a part of Russian military doctrine for as long as I can remember.