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Who’s Winning the Intelligence War in Ukraine?

At the Kyiv Security Forum, five Cipher Brief experts assess the spycraft – Ukraine’s and Russia’s both

Who’s Winning the Intelligence War in Ukraine?

"Eyes" (otchi in Ukrainian), an air intelligence unit, uses drones to observe and send location coordinates of Russian forces, in support of the Ukrainian army on November 23, 2022 outside of Bakhmut, Ukraine.(Photo Laurent Van der Stockt for Le Monde/Getty Images)

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – It’s often lost in all the news from the battlefield in Ukraine, and the various negotiations underway in pursuit of a peace deal: Who is winning the intelligence war in Ukraine? That question and others related to the way in which spycraft has impacted the conflict were the subject of a special session at the opening day of the Kyiv Security Forum Thursday. 

The Forum brought past and present military, intelligence, and political leaders to the Ukrainian capital, for a series of sessions covering the state of the war and a way forward for Ukraine. This year’s theme was stark, and not subtle: “Unite Again to Defeat the Global Aggressor.”

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