ALL ARTICLES - Ukraine

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Ukraine inches closer to obtaining French Mirage

After months in the works, plans to deliver the French fighter plane to Ukraine are now taking shape.

Slovakia's military aid to Ukraine hangs in electoral balance

Slovakia, which shares a 100km border with Ukraine, has been solid in its military support of its neighbour. Plans are in place for this to strengthen further, unless Slovakia's upcoming parliamentary elections take the country in a different direction.

Legal battle for Odessa port assets about to become a matter of state

US fund Argentem Creek Partners is conducting an intense lobbying campaign in Kyiv to take control of Odessa port grain stevedore GNT Group, with both sides in the dispute brandishing the politically fashionable argument of fighting corruption.

Ukraine's August raids in Crimea used British equipment and expertise

The audacious raids carried out by Ukraine's GUR military intelligence service in Crimea used technologies provided by Britain's Royal Navy.

The Intelligence Gazette
Ukraine's SSSCIP, Foreign Affairs Committee, China experts at Foreign Office, Wiretapping radicals

Ukraine
Special communications service wants more soldiers

United Kingdom
Foreign Affairs Committee calls on intelligence experts to tackle terrorism mission

United Kingdom/China
Foreign Office builds expertise on China

France
Intelligence tensions over the surveillance of radical movements minimised before parliament

Tekever drones become Kyiv's ISR tool of choice

Kyiv is rolling out large-scale secret intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations in the Black Sea to drain Russia's resources along the front.

Kyiv still seeks Chinese surveillance tools despite Western bans

The Ukrainian border guard service is still using surveillance tools made by Chinese groups Hikvision and Dahua for its southern units, despite the US and the UK gradually banning those firms.

The Corporate Intelligence Village Voice
Herminius, Nardello, Raedas and Naftogaz

Kyiv/New York
Naftogaz reshuffles investigators

New York
Bryan Mabry takes over US operations at Herminius

London
Abby Stanglin leaves Nardello

London/Washington
Raedas loses two investigators

New ISR tech on the verge of boosting Ukraine's counter-offensive

Kyiv is using start-ups to secure and improve the efficiency of its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drones after suffering heavy losses. The drones are in their final phase of production and due for delivery by late September.

The Intelligence Gazette
Ukrainian BEB, France in NATO, US Army in Europe, AUKUS

Ukraine
Anti-corruption audit of economic security bureau

France/NATO
Paris builds up communication channels with the alliance

United States/Germany/Finland
Finland and US Army forge connection

United States/Australia
AUKUS forces State Department to adapt

Spotlight
Ukraine looks to boost electronic warfare capacities to foil Russian jamming

With Russia's electronic warfare means slowing down its counteroffensive, Ukraine is going all out to obtain more effective interception and jamming capacities of its own.

Kyiv's PR strategists shift to litigation tactics against Moscow

Within Ukraine's myriad of public relations professionals, the communicators in the civil society coalition B4Ukraine are relying on international backers to spur firms to pull out of the Russian market.

Intelligence think tank Borysfen Intel starts new chapter based on founder's legacy

Two years after the death of its founder, who had led both the foreign and military intelligence services, Borysfen Intel is keeping his legacy alive with a new chairman and a fresh line-up.

How Washington armoured Ukraine's border guards

The United States has been helping the Ukrainian border guard to boost its service since 2014. The lasting support and surveillance capacities it brings are proving vital to the unit in a time of war.

Lithuania providing Kyiv and Chisinau with security materiel

In addition to helping with Ukraine's rebuild and providing medical supplies, Lithuania's central project management agency has been discreetly delivering some surveillance and military protection equipment to the Moldovan and Ukrainian armed forces.

The network securing the European External Action Service in Kyiv

The European External Action Service has chosen to renew its contract with its existing private security supplier.