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WSJ: Russia’s new intel dept orchestrates attacks across Europe

GRU Special Tasks Department's operations included attempted killings, sabotage, and a plot to put incendiary devices on planes, reflecting Moscow’s wartime footing against the West.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian spy receives 15 years for missile strike guidance in Zhytomyr Oblast

A middle-aged female agent recruited by Russian military intelligence used social media to coordinate missile strikes, while seeking sensitive military information, a court found.

byYuri Zoria

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SBU captures suspected Russian GRU mole within Ukraine’s SOF

The lieutenant colonel reportedly was a Special Operation Forces commander whose leaked data targeted Ukrainian operations in southern Ukraine.

byYuri Zoria

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Ukraine arrests suspected Russian agent in Chernihiv for arson and targeting military sites

The GRU spy reportedly committed arson on military vehicles, monitored Ukrainian sites, and planned attacks on soldiers using explosives.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian colonel linked to military intelligence shot dead near Moscow – Ukraine silent

A high-ranking GRU official, the deputy commander of the Special Operations Forces Training Center, was shot at close range in Solnechnogorsk-2, according to Russian media.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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UK intel: Russia’s GRU unit known for sabotage, assassination attempts in EU responsible for cyberattacks aiding Ukraine invasion

The UK links Russia’s GRU Unit 29155 to cyber operations supporting the Ukraine invasion, including WhisperGate, and sabotage, espionage, and assassination attempts across Europe.

byYuri Zoria

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Moscow-backed church’s priest accused of spying for Russian military intel in Kharkiv Oblast

Ukraine's Security Service says it thwarted Russian air strikes on Ukrainian railways in Kharkiv Oblast, arresting a Moscow-backed church priest and railway employee for gathering intelligence on Ukrainian military train movements for Russia's GRU.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian GRU’s sabotage recruitment in Baltics exposed by journalists

Investigative journalists expose how Russia's GRU recruited Baltic locals for sabotage, including a firebomb attack on a military facility in Kyiv, as detailed in court documents.

byYuri Zoria

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Ex-Russian GRU officer Salikov exposes Russia’s proxy Ukraine “republics” (full translation)

In a bombshell interview, Salikov, who arrived to testify at the ICC, tells how Russia manufactured a "local uprising" in eastern Ukraine, funneled weapons over the border, and shelled its own territory to keep the conflict going

byAlya Shandra

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Wife of Ukraine’s intel chief allegedly poisoned

Marianna Budanova was recently hospitalized after being poisoned by heavy metals, which are not used in everyday life or military affairs, indicating this was likely a targeted poisoning attempt.

byMaria Tril

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British intel: Russia will likely bring the Soviet-era M-55 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft back into service

The aircraft will help Russia establish timely and accurate prosecution of targets by air, sea, and ground forces.

byBohdan Ben

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Ukrainian lawmaker charged with high treason

Ukraine's Bureau of Investigation charges lawmaker Oleksandr Dubinskyi with treason, stating he worked with Russia's military intelligence agency aiming to destabilize Ukraine's political situation and discredit the country internationally.

byIryna Voichuk

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Ukrainian agent infiltrates Russian Spetsnaz, helps expose crimes

Russia's vaunted special forces have been infiltrated by Ukraine, the SBU disclosed Wednesday, with an undercover Ukrainian operative helping expose plots and document war crimes.

byAlya Shandra