Volodymyr Zelensky

The Agencies' Gazette
Russia using Hawala payments, Vietnam's new Paris defence attaché, ISC renewal, Silk Roads into Europe, Kremlin/Vatican's parallel diplomacy

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

Russia/UKRussian embassy uses Hawala payments to dodge sanctions

Vietnam/France Hanoi appoints new defence attaché to Paris embassy

United KingdomNew Westminster intelligence committee crew take over

ChinaSecond New Silk Road phase turns towards Europe

Vatican/RussiaKremlin sends back-channel message it is open to Christmas ceasefire

France, Ukraine
Macron resumes plans for Kyiv visit

Our sources in Kyiv and Paris tell us that French President Emmanuel Macron has renewed plans for a visit to the Ukrainian capital in the very near future.

Ukraine
Kyiv reshuffle: military intelligence expertise to revitalise foreign spy agency

In the deep-set rivalry between Ukraine's powerful domestic and military intelligence services, the foreign agency had until now come off worse. Its new leadership, tasked with clearing out its ranks, might change that.

Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States
Inside the lobbying and PR drive in Washington for pro-Russian Ukrainian church

President Volodymyr Zelensky's government charges that the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) is in bed with Russia. High Profile lawyer Robert Amsterdam portrays his administration's allegations as an assault on religious freedom and human rights.

Ukraine
Kyiv seeks to breathe new life into tactical interceptions

Ukrainian armed forces are striving to standardise their equipment and practices to make up for their numerical and structural inferiority following heavy losses suffered in the battle of Avdiivka.