GUR

Germany, Ukraine
Jamming wars, part 2: Aaronia and Rohde & Schwarz, German electronic warfare heavyweights in Ukraine

Electronic warfare weapons are playing a major role on the Ukrainian front, where drones and guided missiles have become ubiquitous. The warring sides are each perfecting their own technology. For Kyiv, this means developing crucial partnerships with its allies, as Intelligence Online was able to observe on the ground.

Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Jamming wars, part 1: US and UK at the forefront of Ukrainian electronic warfare

With drones and guided missiles dominating the skies on the front line, electronic warfare weapons have become crucial in the Ukraine conflict which has seen the warring sides both developing their own technology. For Kyiv, cooperation with its allies is key, as Intelligence Online was able to observe directly.

Spotlight | Ukraine, United Kingdom
SBS mentors Kyiv's special operations in the Black Sea

The highly secretive British Special Boat Service is training operatives from Ukraine's 73rd Naval Centre of Special Operations, which carries out special missions for the GUR in the Black Sea.

Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom
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.

Ukraine
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.

Ukraine
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.

The Agencies' Gazette
Yulia Shoigu, Akhmed Zakayev, NGA drops analogue imaging, NATO, Bernard Emié

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

Moscow Defence minister puts daughter in charge of veteran aid fund

Kyiv Akhmed Zakayev's Chechen armed wing gets its baptism of fire

Springfield Final curtain for analogue imagery

Brussels NATO looks for help on Russia analysis

France DGSE director, diplomat Bernard Emié, opts for state administror status

Belarus
Belarus KGB steps up attacks on dissidents' armed wing

Minsk's intelligence services have launched a barrage of increasingly sophisticated attacks on Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's government in exile, notably targeting her "defence minister", the KGB's bête noire.

Belarus
Belarusian opposition shaken by infiltration accusations

More powerless than ever against Alexander Lukashenko who has tightened his grip on power following recent events, Belarusian dissidents in exile are facing increasingly detailed accusations of collusion with Minsk intelligence.

France
DPR to mount united front in the French Senate in support of CNCTR

While intelligence controls were left out of debates on the military planning law at France's Assemblée Nationale, senators are now putting the issue firmly back on the agenda.

Ukraine
ICEYE tests its latest technology in Ukraine

Finland's ICEYE group is currently deploying its new Dwell Imaging Mode system in Ukraine, where the counter-offensive is now in full swing. The system represents a substantial boost for Kyiv's satellite ISR capacity.

The Tech Telegraph
ICEYE lends Kyiv a satellite, Elbit America cyber secures the Navy, Danny Yatom, Viginum changes watchlist

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.

Kyiv ICEYE provides satellite to GUR

Dallas US Navy asks Elbit to protect its critical information

Herzliya Yatom Sr escapes Forbidden Stories to continue in cyber influence

Paris Viginum quietly adds Discord and Telegram to its surveillance list

Belarus
Belarusian border guards change chief as crisis brews

Lukashenko has replaced one of his most loyal security lieutenants, Anatoly Lappo, at the head of the State Border Committee as tensions rise at the country's borders. He has been replaced by Konstantin Molostov whose background reflects Minsk's short-term strategic thinking.