Military intelligence

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.

United States
US military intelligence set to establish financial agreements with strategic partners

The forging of foreign partnerships in intelligence is becoming an ever more important diplomatic tool for the Biden administration. But it will come at a cost for partners.

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.

Belarus
Lukashenko removes top Belarusian military commanders

The Belarusian presidency carried out a series of personnel changes among its military top brass over the summer. Hidden among them were two sackings that stem from the failure of GRU efforts to infiltrate the opposition in exile.

Spotlight | Bangladesh
How Bangladesh came by its cyber intelligence tools

Despite the supposedly strict export bans on dual use goods into the country, Bangladesh's intelligence services are not lacking in Western cyber intelligence equipment that fall into that category.

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.

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.

France, Lebanon, United States
Washington counts on General Joseph Aoun to maintain its local investment in Lebanon

The commander of Lebanon's armed forces Joseph Aoun has an extensive political network in the US, which has stage-managed a bid to move him from the barracks to the presidential palace.

France, Syria, United States
Lafarge targeted by new lawsuit in the US from families of Islamic State victims

The families of 15 US citizens who were victims of the Islamic State have filed a complaint against the French cement company Lafarge, which admitted to helping fund the terrorist organisation in Syria from 2013 to 2014.

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

In the war of attrition being waged in Ukraine, Russia is looking to make good on its technical deficiencies in the crucial business of integrating information from different intelligence sources.

France
French Interior Ministry picks Suadeo's big data solution for Paris 2024

Suadeo has been selected over Palantir and a joint venture between Atos and Thales to provide its data analytics tools for use during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the 2023 Rugby World Cup. The French Ministry of Interior is having to deal with shorter deadlines and tighter budgets.

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

United States
US Congress committees face off over military cyber operations' oversight

Confusion over the status of the Pentagon's cyber operations has revived the debate on Congress intelligence committees and in the intelligence services about responsibility for the oversight of covert action.

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.

France
DGSI big data analysis programme behind schedule

The successful bids for carrying out the second phase of the DGSI's OTDH big data analysis platform have not yet been chosen. An announcement had been due at the end of June, but now the summer shutdown has begun.

The Agencies' Gazette
Defence intelligence, Eurocorps headed by Pole, US adviser in Tbilisi, and Irsem under investigation

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community from London to Paris, via Warsaw and Tbilisi.

United KingdomMilitary intelligence soon to be included in Tri-Agency's China initiative

Europe/PolandWarsaw takes up residence at Eurocorps in Strasbourg

US/GeorgiaA new US adviser in Tbilisi

FranceStrife and internal investigation at defence ministry think tank Irsem