Spotlight | Russia
Moscow strives to make up for lost time in intelligence integration

France
Court upholds state's refusal to pay legal fees of French officer suspected of spying for Russia

A Paris court has upheld the French defence ministry's refusal to pay for the defence of a French officer posted to NATO. Lieutenant-Colonel L. was prosecuted and remanded in custody in 2020 on suspicion of spying for a foreign power.

Russia, Ukraine
Kolossal versus Rybar: Kyiv and Moscow race to militarise OSINT

Ukraine and Russia are battling to see who can develop new interfaces for collecting and analysing open source intelligence (OSINT) that can prove decisive on the front line.

East Europe, Russia
GU uses Wagner Belarusian false flag to recruit in Eastern Europe

The Russian military intelligence agency is using an anonymous bot on the Telegram social network to hire "sleeping" agents for hybrid warfare operations

Myanmar, Ukraine
How junta gets its anti-drones equipment from Kyiv

Ukrainian materiel continues to be imported into Myanmar, via long-established networks. This situation presents the country's democratic opposition with a serious dilemma when it comes to denouncing this type of support for the putschist regime.

Russia, Ukraine
Jamming wars, part 6: Pole-21 and Krasukha systems frustrate Kyiv's front-line operations

The prevalence of drones and guided missiles on the Ukrainian front has heightened the importance of electronic warfare weapons in the conflict, with both sides working to perfect their technology. The sixth part of our investigation looks at the tactical interceptions armoury Russia is using to thwart Kyiv's efforts to break through its front line.

Ukraine
Griselda joins Ukraine's intelligence data fusion architecture

Ahead of Russia's winter offensive, Ukraine is boosting its data fusion architecture with the integration of the new state-of-the-art interservice software Griselda.

Russia
Vladislav Buzdin, a Russian master in tactical intelligence AI

Buzdin, an artificial intelligence genius in the domain of defence is set to join the Cyclone research centre to use his talents to help Moscow's technological war effort in the field of drones.

The Tech Times
Russia updates Akatsiya, French dual-use exporter's new clients, Israel's Cognyte equips Italy's gendarmes

From SIGINT to GEOINT and OSINT and a dose of cyber, each week we report on events both big and small that matter in the community of technical intelligence providers.

Moscow Ruselectronics unveils new version of GEOINT data fusion tool

Paris Georgia and Uruguay join crypto and interceptions clients

Rome Italy's Guardia acquires OSINT from Israel's Cognyte

Spotlight | Russia
ERA 'technopolis': Russia's tactical intelligence secret weapon

The military innovation centre is developing artificial intelligence recognition systems never seen before in Russia's electronic warfare arsenal.

Ukraine
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.

France, Russia
Allegedly GU-linked Ruslan Pukhov launches new intelligence magazine

Think tank director Ruslan Pukhov - who is persona non grata in France for his alleged links to the Russian military intelligence service - has just brought out a new intel-focused magazine.

Spotlight | Russia, United States
US and Russia's ghost fleets face off in deep waters

Two secret units, one run by the US and the other by Russia, are engaged in atypical hybrid warfare deep beneath the surface of the ocean.

Russia
Moscow worried about underground dissenter officers club

The Order of the Republic are a network of Russian officers united in their opposition to Russia's war on Ukraine, and to Vladimir Putin's presidency. They have already struck several blows to the 'special military operation', under the watchful eye of Russia's intelligence services.

Russia
Kremlin-linked Kiriyenkos consolidate influence over cyber and big data markets

Anton Gerasimov's appointment as deputy head of the Ministry of Emergencies adds another link in the chain forming between the Ministry of Digitalisation and Rostelecom around presidential adviser Sergey Kiriyenko.

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.