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Spotlight | Ukraine
Ukrainian and Western intelligence services consider options for collaboration on vetting foreign combatants

Informal consultations are currently underway between the SBU, Interpol and various Western intelligence services that could lead to new standardised procedures for sharing data on individuals wanted in their countries of origin.

Ukraine
Culture ministry pursues PR drive to promote security forces

Apart from the honours regularly awarded by the president, the Ukrainian state is working on longer-term public relations campaigns praising the commitment of the country's soldiers and volunteers, including those working in intelligence. It has recruited a number of outside contractors to this end.

Russia
Russia's small New Space industry enlisted to bolster offensive in Ukraine

In the context of the upcoming launch of the SAR Kondor FKA-1 satellite, Russia's New Space industry is mobilising to fill the GEOINT data gaps of Moscow's armed forces engaged in the war in Ukraine.

The Intelligence Gazette
French watchdog seeks greater remit, Ukraine's GUR, intel master's degree changes venue, KGB and FSB cross swords

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we bring news from Paris, Kyiv and Minsk.

France CNCTR wants dibs on sovereignty files

Ukraine Budanov's deputy moves into the limelight

France Intel degree moves from Toulon to Saint-Cyr military academy

Russia/Belarus FSB and KGB bicker at the border

Poland, United States
Poland negotiates offset deals for new US Apache and Patriot orders

Having become a logistics hub for allied reinforcements for Ukraine, Poland is also looking to beef up its own military firepower and is currently negotiating offset arrangements associated with its acquisition of US materiel.

Ukraine, United States
Former NATO liaison in Moscow, Gary Tabach, new addition to Kyiv's lobbying team in Washington

Russia's war on Ukraine has created countless opportunities for lobbyists in Washington. During the run-up, Kyiv's army of advocates reportedly made more than 10,000 contacts with government officials, members of congress, think tanks and the media.

Belarus, Ukraine
Belarusian dissidence forms armed unit under Ukrainian patronage

A section of the opposition to Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko's regime is working with Ukraine's military command to establish a "second international legion". The predominantly Belarusian unit is meant to first fight in Ukraine and later prepare to march on Minsk.

Belarus, Russia, Ukraine
Strategic disinformation over troops' movements in Belarus intensify on all sides

Belarusian troop movements and declarations from generals from Minsk to Kyiv are sowing confusion over Russia and Ukraine's actual intentions. When read from a certain angle, however, they also offer clues as to their respective strategic positions.

Ukraine, United States
Fog of Ukrainian war envelops Mozart Group

The US volunteer group is falling apart, brought down by the murkiness surrounding its finances and mission, US government ambiguity concerning lethal aid, and the complexity of the military situation on the ground.

Belarus, Ukraine
War in Ukraine: Kalinovsky Regiment aims to expand

The militia group opposed to Alexander Lukashenko, and which is backed by the Ukrainian military intelligence service, is attracting more and more members. Led by its two clandestine commanders, however, it is still locked in dispute with the other exiled Belarusian opposition factions.

Ukraine
Ukraine's economic security services under close scrutiny

The Ukrainian government has discreetly launched a parliamentary inquiry into possible financial wrongdoing by officers in charge of economic security. A number of services - including internal intelligence, the SBU, and economic security, the BEB - will be probed.

Spotlight | Ukraine
Turmoil and gains for Ukraine's spymasters at heart of the war

The Ukrainian intelligence landscape has undergone deep tectonic shifts since Russia's invasion nearly a year ago. Former prominent figures have fallen while previously less sought-after services have risen in power, cooperation partnerships have been formed and missions refocused.

Ukraine
Ukrainian asset recovery agency replenishes military coffers

Behind the military front in Kyiv is a war for control of private assets. Registered on Ukrainian soil, these assets and entities can be seized under criminal investigations or on the basis of sanctions, then sold for the benefit of the country's defence system.