russia continues to integrate educational and scientific environments in temporarily occupied territories into the structures of the military-industrial complex, disguising it as “scientific development.” ▫️ A forum titled “Development of Unmanned Systems” was held in Donetsk, bringing together around 80 scientists, officials, and students to discuss the prospects of drone technologies. Participants included the “Warrior”…
The U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI announced the completion of a successful technical operation to neutralize a network of compromised routers controlled by Unit 26165 of russia’s gru, known as APT28 (Fancy Bear). ▫️ By exploiting vulnerable home and office routers, russian intelligence services redirected data to controlled servers, intercepting traffic. By replacing…
head of the russian foreign ministry, sergey lavrov, announced preparations to open four more new embassies in African countries. Overall, moscow already has 45 diplomatic missions in Africa and plans to “cover the entire continent.” The expansion of the diplomatic network is happening alongside the increase of political and ideological influence. russia actively promotes anti-Western…
russia is expanding its tools for evading sanctions by shifting part of its international payments to crypto payment channels via African countries. moscow is promoting the A7 platform in Nigeria and Zimbabwe as an alternative mechanism for foreign payments. This involves settlements through stablecoins and debt instruments, which are harder to track and block compared…
Hacker structures of russian intelligence continue hybrid warfare against Europe by targeting routers. ▫️ The United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reports activity by the russian hacker group APT28, a unit of the russian gru. The hackers compromise popular routers, alter DNS settings, enabling them to intercept passwords, digital keys, and redirect users to…
The Center has recorded an intensification of russia’s disinformation campaign about so-called Ukrainian terrorism. In particular, the following fakes are being spread: ▪️ “Ukraine has 8 out of 11 characteristics of a terrorist organization — ISW.” These claims are accompanied by a video stylized as material from the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War…
Against the backdrop of a deteriorating economic situation in the temporarily occupied Luhansk region, russia has intensified its campaign of forcibly conscripting workers from industrial enterprises into the war. According to available information, enterprises are being “instructed” to mobilize between 25% and 50% of their workers. This practice is effectively undermining the region’s remaining economic…
russia has launched a propaganda campaign for cosmonautics day in countries of the Global South. ▫️ Through the network of “rossotrudnichestvo” and the so-called “russian houses,” festivals, lectures, exhibitions, and educational events dedicated to space and Yuriy Gagarin’s flight are being held across dozens of countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. ▫️ Although these…
An international journalistic investigation has exposed an extensive network of russian influence in Argentina. The main objective was to discredit presidential candidate Javier Milei during the 2023 election campaign due to his open support for Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. ▫️ russian intelligence services, through networks of bot farms and controlled media outlets, spread disinformation claiming…
Key statements by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky from an interview with the American TV channel NewsNation: ▫️russia is actively supporting Iran by sharing military experience and technologies gained in the war against Ukraine. This strengthens Tehran’s ability to attack countries in the Middle East and US bases. ▫️Ukraine is providing Middle Eastern countries with its…
The Center has recorded a wave of fake reports, stylized as content from international media outlets, aimed at discrediting Ukrainians in Europe. ▫️ This time, hostile Telegram channels are spreading absurd videos using the logos of international media (EuroNews, Libe), claiming that “French citizens have suffered from unlawful actions by Ukrainians.” One video alleges that…
russian propaganda continues an information campaign aimed at disrupting the evacuation of children from frontline areas. ▫️ Pro-russian media circulated a video in which a woman with an infant claims to be from Myrnohrad, Donetsk region, and repeats the lies of russian propaganda that the Ukrainian police are “kidnapping children” and imprisoning mothers. ▫️ She…
