CSS Zurich publishes first comprehensive analysis of the IT Army of Ukraine
Pro-Ukraine volunteer collective established 26 February 2022 by Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov, via a Telegram channel that publishes target…
Summary
The Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich published 'The IT Army of Ukraine: Structure, Tasking, and Ecosystem' by Stefan Soesanto, describing the initiative as a hybrid construct that is 'neither civilian nor military, neither public nor private, neither local nor international, and neither lawful nor unlawful'. The report documents how, in the absence of a dedicated Ukrainian military cyber command, Kyiv merged emerging state cyber capabilities with a large international volunteer community and an ad-hoc Telegram-based tasking model.