Ukraine has said its offensive cyber operations last year inflicted $220 million worth of damage on Russia in direct losses.
In a post on Facebook, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Russia’s indirect losses as a result of the operations exceeded $1.5 billion.
The post highlighted the effective cooperation between cyber warfare units and other components of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, successfully identifying and striking Russian military facilities.
Cyber operations have become an increasingly important part of the war, with both Ukraine and Russia using hacking and digital disruption alongside conventional military operations.
Such attacks can target military communications, logistics systems, databases and infrastructure, and are often used to gather intelligence to support battlefield strikes.
The post emphasized that cyber warfare units had been conducting offensive cyber operations since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022, and that the formation of a Ukrainian Cyber Force is ongoing as a matter of national security.
In October 2025, Ukraine’s parliament supported a bill on the creation of dedicated cyber forces within the Ukrainian Armed Forces.