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Russia paid Taliban to target US troops in Afghanistan in 2016-2019, investigation reveals

Russian GRU intelligence agency reportedly offered $200,000 for each US soldier killed, transferring funds via Afghan couriers who operated under the cover of gemstone trading.

byYuri Zoria

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SBU breaks up Russian spy network in Kharkiv, arresting former Berkut officers for espionage

Former Berkut members and their associate allegedly established an underground intelligence ring to aid Russian military operations in Kharkiv Oblast.

byYuri Zoria

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WSJ: US-bound planes possibly targeted in Russian DHL-linked incendiary scheme

European investigators revealed a plot, involving incendiary devices hidden in massagers at DHL hubs, multiple individuals are under arrest.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukrainian woman forced into anti-war protest in Moscow receives 12-year sentence

Despite evidence suggesting she was forced into organizing the protest, the court found her guilty of spreading "fake news" about the Russian army and participating in a "terrorist organization."

byOlena Mukhina

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Insider: GRU officer in Brussels funnels military exports to Russia

Just steps from the EU capital, a Russian GRU veteran and sons mastermind a scheme to keep Russia's military machine rolling with banned Western equipment

byAlya Shandra

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Russia’s Redut PMC’s covert recruitment in Ukraine possibly backed by Russian GRU

Russia's "private military company" Redut is covertly recruiting "volunteers" for combat in Ukraine. The Russian GRU likely oversees this group, which includes former Wagner members, boasting a strength of over 7,000 personnel, as per British intel.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukraine links deadly 2015 depot blasts to GRU’s Skripal poisoning unit

Two Russian GRU agents wanted for poisoning Sergei Skripal are now implicated by Ukraine in a 2015 major munitions depot attack. In 2014, the same men destroyed an ammo dump in the Czech Republic which was to send ammunition to Ukraine.

byAlya Shandra

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Insider: Deported Moldova Sputnik chief revealed as career GRU spy

Before becoming the chief of Russian state media abroad, Vitaly Denisov started his career as a Ukrainian military school graduate and eventually worked his way up in the GRU, an investigative report claims.

byAlya Shandra