Ukraine's Kursk Offensive: Strategy & Cyber-Kinetic Fusion

This report links Ukraine’s August 2024 Kursk offensive to a sustained, multi-vector cyber campaign that prepared and supported kinetic operations: pro-Ukrainian groups and likely state-aligned cyber units executed reconnaissance, supply-chain intrusions, custom RAT deployments, wipers, ransomware (Lockbit variants), and disruptive DDoS attacks against Russian ISPs, utilities, industrial control systems, emergency sensors, and military-industrial targets, while Russia responded with retaliatory malware and phishing campaigns; the document compiles a chronological timeline of incidents, claims of operational impact, and source references.