The fact that Russia is choosing to use its expensive, dwindling and hard to replenish supplies of precision-guided missiles to degrade and destroy the Ukrainian energy grid is a very good indication that they are not able to do so with (cheaper) cyber attacks.

Yet another reminder of the practical limitations of offensive cyber, or, at least, the limitations of Russian ability to conduct strategic offensive cyber attacks

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@dmitri It could also be that offensive cyber does not appear to have the same psychological effect as well directed explosions so would not be as coercive in effect. That may be the Russian take, though their counter-civilian attacks have only appeared to strengthen Unkrainian resolve.

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