JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine’s spymaster comes out of the shadows” – Reuters

July 18, 2023 JRL Russia List Headlines, JRL NewsBlog, Military, Spies, Spy Allegations, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War

Map of Ukraine, Including Crimea, and Neighbors, Including Russia

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“… For an intelligence chief running Ukraine’s spy operations during war with Russia, Kyrylo Budanov, 37, has built up an unusually public profile … to get his message out and … menace Russia from afar. These days, a spy boss cannot stay in the shadows, he says. … In parts of his interview … he said … mutinying Russian mercenaries had headed for a nuclear base in pursuit of a backpack-sized atomic weapon. Several Russian sources … confirmed parts of that account. Budanov also cited an intercepted survey conducted by the Russian Interior Ministry that he said showed … Prigozhin had support inside Russia. …”