Ukraine
Special communications service to play central role in cyber counteroffensive

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Khaldoon in Paris, US intelligence budget and Russian housing for Ukrainian veterans

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France/UAE Khaldoon al-Mubarak in Paris for the strategic dialogue

US 2024 intelligence budget emerges

Russia/Ukraine SSSCIP veterans to be housed by Moscow

France, Ukraine
Kyiv looks towards France for matters of cybersecurity

Ukrainian cybersecurity agency SSSCIP wants to partner up with its French counterpart, ANSSI, to boost its skills in critical infrastructure protection, cryptography and "qualification".

Ukraine
Ukrainian military cyber gets into shape for NATO outpost role

Hastily put together with volunteers a few months before the start of the Russian invasion, Ukraine's cyber command is shaping up for its new role as part of NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE).

Ukraine
Ukraine's new economic security bureau finds its feet while war rages on

Ukraine's investigation and economic intelligence entity, which is heavily mobilised in the war, is gradually establishing its place in Ukraine's security architecture and trying to respond to donor countries' demands for greater transparency and stronger measures against corruption.

Ukraine
Kyiv reviews its intelligence services' counter-intelligence capacities

Kyiv is drawing lessons from the first six months of its war with Russia, using the feedback it has received to gradually adapt the organisation of its intelligence effort, particularly its counter-espionage activities, to the needs thrown up by the conflict.

Spotlight | Ukraine, United States
Kyiv wants encrypted satellite communications channel from Washington

The Ukrainian minister of digital transformation, Mykhailo Fedorov, has tasked his team with finding secure communications channels and satellite access. They have turned to a New York-based company to help source these vital tools for Ukraine's war effort.

Spotlight | Europe, Russia, Ukraine
Tallinn, rear base for Ukrainian cyber companies at war

Several of the local firms Kyiv has put to use on its cyber front line with Russia, such as Cyber Unit Technologies and Hacken, are registered in Estonia. The Ukrainian vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov is responsible for overseeing procedural and legal matters.

Ukraine
Ukrainian parliament beefs up legislative arsenal to respond to Russian and Belarusian moves

Ukraine's parliamentary defence and security committee has been working on legislation to extend the offensive powers of military units and intelligence special forces in the event of an incursion.