Explosives in corn cans: Russia’s plot to strike Poland, Lithuania, and Germany revealed
Authorities intercepted a courier carrying disguised bombs and drone parts.
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Russia activated Soviet submarine veterans to bomb European cargo planes, journalists reveal
"Stop calling it hybrid war. It's war," investigative journalist Michael Weiss tells Euromaidan Press
The Register: Putin’s trolls return with AI-powered media fakes — and a Florida ex-cop at the helm
Insikt Group researchers link Llama 3-based models to a Kremlin-driven disinformation wave.
Ukraine strikes another Russian refinery, railway substation, and GRU base in occupied Crimea (video)
Occupation authorities in Sevastopol attempted to mask the attack as emergency exercises, drawing public skepticism.
UK hits Russian intel unit involved in killings of 600 Ukrainian civilians in Mariupol, with historic sanctions
Many of them were children.
Russia’s manpower crisis deepens — army calls its mercenaries “expendable” in leaked audio
RFE/RL uncovers how Moscow now views volunteer fighters as throwaway tools for exhausting Ukrainian forces.
Russian intel ordered arson on Ukrainian restaurant in Tallinn, Estonian court rules
A GRU-directed Moldovan suspects carried out the attack in Estonia’s capital after a trial run in Osula.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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
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.
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.
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.