Ukraine as clandestine testing ground 
 for Russian electronic warfare

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s (OSCE) Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine reported at the end of October that one of its long-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) had gone missing. According to an OSCE spot report (Osce.org, October 27), the drone disappeared while flying above a non-government-controlled area in Donetsk region. The UAV in question apparently experienced signal interference – which the OSCE SMM assessed to be jamming – while operating at an altitude of about 7,000 feet.