The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine

russia has accumulated a naval component of missiles and tactical missile weapons, but has not yet actively used them, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry believes.

From mid-May Ukraine will face a difficult situation, according to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

Russian propagandists have invented a fake about the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov. He was allegedly captured by the occupiers.

Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov has revealed details of the successful ambush and destruction of a Russian Tu22M3 long-range strategic bomber at a distance of 308 kilometers, expressing hope that Odesa will now feel a little better.

Representatives of the Ukrainian media, special services and government agencies held a joint meeting to discuss improving the effectiveness of countering disinformation in the Ukrainian media space, including plans to work with Telegram, Viber and social media platforms.

Ukraine has successfully destroyed a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber with X-22 cruise missiles and the missiles themselves, as well as a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft, using various systems, including modernized components made from old parts.

The Ukrainian military shot down a russian Tu-22M3 strategic missile carrier-bomber, forcing the other plane to turn around, so the russians never fired some of the missiles.

The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in cooperation with the Air Force, shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bomber at a distance of about 300 kilometers from Ukraine using the same means that had previously shot down a Russian A-50 aircraft.

On the night of April 19, 2024, Russian troops launched a combined attack using 36 missiles and drones, but Ukrainian air defense systems successfully destroyed 29 of them, including for the first time a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber with X-22 cruise missiles.

The head of Ukrainian intelligence, Budanov, predicts that the war will continue as long as the current political regime is in place in russia.

Ukraine's intelligence is conducting operations around the world, including in Africa, against Russian Wagner mercenaries to reduce Russia's military potential, the head of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine has said.

Russia reports a nighttime drone attack on the Kamenskiy chemical plant in the Rostov region, as a result of which the debris from one of the downed drones damaged the plant and injured an employee.

As a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on a military airfield in occupied Dzhankoy in Crimea, enemy missile and air defense launchers, radar systems and aircraft were destroyed.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine conducted an operation in Dzhankoy, temporarily occupied Crimea, which resulted in the destruction of enemy forces and equipment.

The Ukrainian reconnaissance unit Kabul 9 destroyed 10 enemy military targets in two days, including vehicles, a fuel truck and an ammunition depot in the Zaporizhzhia sector of the frontline.

A russian propaganda channel spreads false information about the "liquidation" of Ukraine's top military leadership, including the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, during a missile strike in Kharkiv region.

Through the Signal messenger, Russians are spreading fake news about the alleged "evacuation" from Kharkiv due to possible encirclement by Russian occupiers, which is hostile disinformation aimed at destabilizing Ukraine.

Kharkiv risks becoming a "second Aleppo" if the United States does not vote for new military aid to help Ukraine obtain air defense equipment to prevent long-range Russian attacks, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said.

At the Kryazh airfield in Samara, a Mi-8 transport helicopter worth $10-15 million, which Russia used to transport weapons and personnel in the war against Ukraine, was destroyed.

Russia has launched "propaganda trains" painted with militaristic prints glorifying military service and weapons to agitate people in the regions to join the army amid declining numbers of people willing to serve due to the ongoing war against Ukraine.

Russia is deliberately stirring up panic to destabilize the situation in Ukraine, but according to Ukrainian intelligence, the situation has not changed radically compared to recent periods.

Russia is conducting an information campaign on social media to demotivate Ukrainian society from within, as it cannot break the will to resist or defeat the Ukrainian military forces.

The British Ministry of Defense believes that Ukraine's strike on the plant in Tatarstan, more than 1,000 kilometers from the border, confirms its ability to hit targets deep inside Russia, bypass air defense and hit facilities used in warfare, demonstrating the development of long-range weapons.

russia is spending time and effort to restore the infrastructure damaged by Ukrainian attacks, diverting its efforts from other areas, including a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

In the Kharkiv region, border guards destroyed two enemy anti-tank guns and an occupier's dugout using drones.

The Russian military command is preparing to redeploy some former members of the Wagner Group from the African Corps to the Belgorod region near the Ukrainian border due to delays in the formation of the corps and the need for additional forces in the war against Ukraine.

Moscow is conducting another information operation against Ukraine called "Evader," distributing videos of allegedly Ukrainian men vacationing abroad to disrupt mobilization and increase tensions in society.

The servicemen of the Active Action Unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine discovered and neutralized a Russian Strela-10 anti-aircraft missile system on the front line on April 14, 2024, when the Russian air defense forces were celebrating their professional holiday.

Budanov informed Zelenskyy about Russia's plans for offensive actions in the spring and summer, and Ukraine will respond to any hostile actions by the aggressor state.

The Russian FSB is trying to recruit intelligence agents from other countries, including immigrants from Russia and the former Soviet republics, to work for Moscow in Canada by distributing leaflets through Russian-language media.