Ukraine's war leadership sets new electronic warfare tasks as Russia's jet-powered drones slip past nearly half of its air defenses

Ukraine's war leadership has set new tasks in the field of electronic warfare. The decision comes as Russia's jet-powered drones, according to Euromaidan Press, get past nearly half of Ukraine's air defenses.

The main criterion

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the central requirement is that Ukraine be able to respond in kind to Russian strikes. In other words, the new tasks are judged first of all by whether they help deliver such a response.

Why it matters

The ability of jet-powered drones to break through suggests that existing air defense assets cannot stop a substantial share of these weapons. Electronic warfare is one of the areas where Ukraine's leadership is looking for additional ways to counter such threats.

The source text gives no further details on exactly which tasks were set, which bodies will carry them out, or on what timeline. All that is known is that Zelenskyy named the ability to answer Russian strikes in kind as the deciding criterion.