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Ukrainian intelligence's 'Group 13' takes hunt for Russia's ghost fleet to the Mediterranean

Operating out of the port of Odessa, a civilian bulk carrier is being used as a forward operating base by Ukrainian military intelligence. The operation is being run by the GUR, with the involvement of Group 13.
Operating out of the port of Odessa, a civilian bulk carrier is being used as a forward operating base by Ukrainian military intelligence. The operation is being run by the GUR, with the involvement of Group 13. © Photos Intelligence Online/Photo editing and assembly: B. Gouttebroze/Indigo Publications

Ukraine's GUR military intelligence is using a bulk carrier sailing out of Odessa as a covert operations platform. Specially configured for the deployment of naval drones, it can strike Moscow's ships in the Mediterranean being used to export sanctioned hydrocarbons.

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Japan
Japanese parliament releases unpublished intelligence service data on eve of reform

The chairman of the LDP's Policy Research Council, Takayuki Kobayashi, interviewed experts to prepare for the upcoming reform of Japanese intelligence.
The chairman of the LDP's Policy Research Council, Takayuki Kobayashi, interviewed experts to prepare for the upcoming reform of Japanese intelligence. © Yusuke Matsumoto/Yomiuri/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP

A report by the research services of the upper house of the Japanese parliament has revealed the recent expansion of the prime minister's intelligence office, as it prepares to be transformed into an independent national intelligence coordination body.

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Myanmar
Resistance unites under new national council in face of boldened junta

Soldiers from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on the front line near Mai Ja Yang, in Kachin State, Myanmar, on 22 January 2013.
Soldiers from the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) on the front line near Mai Ja Yang, in Kachin State, Myanmar, on 22 January 2013. © Kaung Htet/Reuters

With post-election political maneuvering in full swing, the Burmese resistance is poised to announce the creation of a unified national council. The new body is set to take precedence over the exiled unity government NUG and will place influential ethnic groups in charge of military affairs.

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