Truths about Hybrid Warfare in Ukraine: Trends in Cyber and Influence Operations

Prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, many observers expected that a Russian-led hybrid war would involve marrying cyber weapons, influence operations, and military force to swiftly overrun Ukrainian defenses. Now, nearly a year and a half after its full-scale invasion, Russia’s military has indeed wrought physical devastation in Ukraine but has not achieved its objectives—in part because Moscow’s parallel cyber and influence operations have largely failed. Join Microsoft threat intelligence experts, Fanta Orr, Rachel Chernaskey, and Loraine De La Fe, as they discuss what we learned from hybrid warfare thus far, including trends in cyber and influence operations, and what we can expect in this second year of conflict.