Ukraine, United States
Analygence boosts USAID's soft power in Ukraine

Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Zinc Network, key UK and US partner in information warfare support to Kyiv

The London firm has been winning contracts with several government agencies in Washington, London and Kyiv to combat Russian disinformation in the war in Ukraine.

Turkey, Ukraine, United States
US consultancy Varyag prospecting in Kyiv for Turkish giant Kontrolmatik

The business diplomacy firm Varyag, founded by a former CIA officer, has been in touch with US agencies over potential reconstruction contracts in Ukraine.

The Intelligence Gazette
USAID, US interference control, French military intelligence, DNI's Asia-focused OSINT, Richard Barlow

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community.

BelarusWashington appoints new Office of Transition Initiatives representative

United StatesIntelligence keeps watch of foreign funding for universities

FranceDefence intelligence agency to monitor French veterans working for foreign companies

United StatesDirector of National Intelligence's Asia-focused OSINT

United Kingdom/Pakistan/United StatesAnother Richard Barlow in the Pakistani diplomatic sphere

Ukraine
Ukraine seeks structure for its cyber troops

The country's cyberdefence capacities, embryonic when they were launched in 2021, have since evolved with the help of Western allies. Yet now, the Ukrainian government wants more control.

Ukraine, United States
US firm Cisco gaining dominance in Ukraine thanks to USAID's cyber assistance programmes

Cisco is playing a leading role in American technical assistance projects in Ukraine that are run by the US development agency USAID.

Ukraine, United States
Following Penny Pritzker's appointment, USAID prepares reconstruction push in Ukraine

After an internal audit, the Ukrainian branch of the US development aid body aims to position itself as a leading player in the country's reconstruction.

Russia, Ukraine, United States
Free Russia Foundation, a shadowy Washington group at the heart of a network of anti-Russia activism

Working in tandem with a largely invisible sister entity, the Foundation seeks to pave the way for a "post-Putin" era and opposes Russia's war in Ukraine. Citing security, the group keeps its grantees confidential.

Spotlight | Europe, Ukraine, United States
EU and US add muscle to still headless Ukrainian cyber defence

The cyber troops deployed by the Ukrainian president for the country's 30 years of independence in August have no commander as yet even as Kyiv's Western partners continue to offer generous levers for its cyber tools and Russia tries to impose its own red lines.