Ukraine's GUR utilizes secret intelligence network in Russia and Europe

A secret network of undercover volunteers is operating across Russia and Europe to provide intelligence to Ukraine’s military intelligence service (GUR). The group, which includes approximately three dozen individuals, focuses on tracking military targets, including strategic bomber pilots, generals, and military warehouses, to facilitate sabotage and drone strikes.

One key figure, identified as Foma, operates from exile in Poland. He manages a decentralized structure of collaborators to protect them from Russian authorities. Foma provides detailed dossiers on targets, including photographs, personal data, and vehicle information. The GUR has confirmed that individuals like Foma and an operative known as Ivan are working for the agency, though the intelligence service noted it cannot know the full extent of the network’s activities.

While the network members claim they do not participate in the physical attacks themselves, their intelligence is used to coordinate drone strikes on munitions factories and strategic assets. Foma admitted to providing intelligence that preceded the assassination of Lt Gen Fanil Sarvarov in Moscow last year.