reality often opposes what the tv tells you and here is a bit more of that in that the russians are more skilled than we're told;

Reports coming out of Ukraine note that Russia is disabling "sophisticated" Kyiv's Western-supplied missiles, rendering them useless on the battlefield.

Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute think tank, said Russian electronic warfare capabilities used to be inferior compared to their Ukrainian opponents, largely because they could not keep up with their troops on the ground.

"Russian systems are largely unwieldy, vehicle-borne systems that are designed to be on the defensive," said Clark. "And as a result, their electronic warfare systems weren't very agile, they weren't very fast and they weren't very numerous."  

But Clark noted that Russia may have learned from its earlier mistakes. Instead of using large bulky radar and electronics jamming equipment that can easily be spotted and destroyed by drone strikes and artillery, Russian forces are now relying on hundreds of smaller and more mobile electronic warfare equipment deployed all along the front line.

"This is a war of technologies," said Col. Ivan Pavlenko, chief of the Ukrainian General Staff's electronic and cyber warfare department. Pavlenko admitted that Russian systems are reducing the efficiency and accuracy of the Western weapons Ukraine has been receiving. This has led to a change of tactics within the Ukrainian forces, who are now focusing on targeting Russian electronic warfare systems.

"Before we strike with a precision-guided munition, we have to provide intelligence," he said. "Is there any suppression in that area? If that area is affected by a jamming signal, we have to find the jammer and destroy it, and only then use this weapon.".....more........