Who’s Winning the Intelligence War in Ukraine?

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.”