Experts claim Russian spies surpass army in effectiveness.

Russian spy agencies have been more successful in Ukraine than its military, according to a report by the Royal United Services Institute. The Federal Security Service (FSB) has dominated populations in occupied areas of Ukraine, downloading government computer hard drives to identify pro-Kyiv individuals that its agents want to arrest and interrogate. Electronic warfare units have been deployed to cut off occupied parts of Ukraine from the outside world to help them enforce control. The report is aimed as a warning to Western governments as to the extent of Russian covert operations to subvert a target country.