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GRU
31 published signals with a public source.
By severity band
Minor
1
Moderate
18
Significant
12
By category
Intelligence & Espionage
11
Military & Paramilitary Operations
11
Cyber & Information Warfare
5
Political & Legal Subversion
2
Terrorism & Criminal Proxy Tactics
2
The article identifies men suspected to be behind a failed explosive drone attack at Leipzig Airport, highlighting individuals named Oleg L. and Andrej K. with...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Oct 8, 2026
Russia targets European defense firms supplying Ukraine with arson, sabotage, and espionage; increased risk of state-sponsored terror in Europe amid mixed poli...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Oct 2, 2026
Italy issues over 160,000 visas per year to Russians, raising intelligence alarms about increasing infiltration risks.
Intelligence & Espionage - Sep 4, 2026
Russia conducted an extensive campaign to destabilize Moldova's pro-Western government by training shock troops, paying Orthodox priests to influence voters, a...
Political & Legal Subversion - Aug 14, 2026
In August 2026, a GRU-orchestrated drone sabotage against a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany failed. Key operatives were identified, i...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Aug 4, 2026
Latvian citizen Oļegs Ļevuškins is implicated by German and investigative sources as an organizer of the August 2026 drone sabotage attempt at Leipzig Airport,...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Aug 4, 2026
GRU-linked STORM 1516 network launched four info campaigns in the Baltics in August 2026 to discredit regional security image among Western audiences.
Cyber & Information Warfare - Aug 1, 2026
Italy expelled two Russian Embassy military attachés, identified as GRU officers, for espionage on July 6, 2026.
Intelligence & Espionage - Jul 6, 2026
Russian intelligence uses social media, online conspiracy groups, and 'honey trap' sexual manipulation to recruit disposable operatives for sabotage and psycho...
Intelligence & Espionage - Jun 25, 2026
Lithuania charges 14 people with attempted murders linked to Russia's GRU.
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Apr 27, 2026
Systema Clubs and Their Extensions: ‘Sleeper Cells’ and Russian Networks of Influence
Intelligence & Espionage - Mar 24, 2026
The GRU illegals
Intelligence & Espionage - Feb 8, 2026
Talking points from Moscow: How RT and the GRU set the agenda on German-language Telegram
Cyber & Information Warfare - Feb 6, 2026
A 2026 report details Russia and China's use of Arctic shipping, scientific expeditions, and satellites to conduct hybrid warfare, including espionage, sabotag...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Jan 22, 2026
Pro-Putin spy nuns infiltrating Sweden
Intelligence & Espionage - Jan 18, 2026
Russia plans to destabilize NATO and the EU starting with Ukraine and Moldova, using election interference, cyberattacks, disinformation, proxies, and paramili...
Political & Legal Subversion - Sep 28, 2025
German domestic intelligence warns German NGOs are targeted by Russian cyber espionage
Cyber & Information Warfare - Mar 21, 2025
February 2026 CheckFirst report reveals detailed structure and locations of GRU's Information Operations Troops (VIO), analyzing 118 military insignia to ident...
Intelligence & Espionage - Mar 13, 2025
Estonian spy chief Kaupo Rosin denounces the term 'hybrid warfare' for Russian hostile acts, confirming these are real attacks involving sabotage, cyberattacks...
Intelligence & Espionage - Feb 16, 2025
Russia is employing recycled Soviet-era hybrid warfare tactics against Europe, including sabotage, cyberattacks, disinformation, and infrastructure attacks, ai...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Feb 10, 2025
Lithuanian prosecutors arrested an opposition Conservative party member on suspicion of spying for Russia's GRU since 2018, gathering significant non-classifie...
Intelligence & Espionage - Dec 9, 2024
Article warns that cognitive warfare, as used by Russia and China, threatens Western societies by spreading disinformation and eroding trust.
Cyber & Information Warfare - Oct 14, 2024
MI5 warns of increased Russian espionage and sabotage efforts in Europe
Intelligence & Espionage - Oct 8, 2024
Revealed: How Russia’s GRU Plotted Europe’s Parcel Explosions
Terrorism & Criminal Proxy Tactics - Jul 20, 2024
In summer 2024, the Russian military intelligence agency GRU allegedly smuggled drone parts and SIM cards through Lithuania and Poland to Düsseldorf, Germany,...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Jul 15, 2024
Suspected Russian-linked arson attacks targeted multiple European countries including the UK, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and more in mid-2024.
Terrorism & Criminal Proxy Tactics - Jul 1, 2024
In June 2024, Russia intensified hybrid warfare against NATO with sabotage attempts, cyberattacks, and GPS jamming across Europe, while Russia and Belarus cond...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Jun 11, 2024
Russia's unconventional warfare strategies expand to destabilize NATO allies and gain influence globally through unconventional military operations.
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Feb 1, 2024
Russia has escalated a covert campaign of sabotage and subversion targeting European and U.S. infrastructure, transportation, government, and industry from 202...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Jan 1, 2023
The GRU intelligence centres actively recruit and deploy agents for intelligence gathering and military operations against adversarial nations, with a focus on...
Intelligence & Espionage - Jan 1, 2022
The UK and allies expose reckless GRU cyber attacks globally targeting political, business, media, and sport sectors, violating international law and causing s...
Cyber & Information Warfare - Sep 1, 2018
Back to actors
GRU
31 published signals with a public source.
By severity band
Minor
1
Moderate
18
Significant
12
By category
Intelligence & Espionage
11
Military & Paramilitary Operations
11
Cyber & Information Warfare
5
Political & Legal Subversion
2
Terrorism & Criminal Proxy Tactics
2
The article identifies men suspected to be behind a failed explosive drone attack at Leipzig Airport, highlighting individuals named Oleg L. and Andrej K. with...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Oct 8, 2026
Russia targets European defense firms supplying Ukraine with arson, sabotage, and espionage; increased risk of state-sponsored terror in Europe amid mixed poli...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Oct 2, 2026
Italy issues over 160,000 visas per year to Russians, raising intelligence alarms about increasing infiltration risks.
Intelligence & Espionage - Sep 4, 2026
Russia conducted an extensive campaign to destabilize Moldova's pro-Western government by training shock troops, paying Orthodox priests to influence voters, a...
Political & Legal Subversion - Aug 14, 2026
In August 2026, a GRU-orchestrated drone sabotage against a Ukrainian cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany failed. Key operatives were identified, i...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Aug 4, 2026
Latvian citizen Oļegs Ļevuškins is implicated by German and investigative sources as an organizer of the August 2026 drone sabotage attempt at Leipzig Airport,...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Aug 4, 2026
GRU-linked STORM 1516 network launched four info campaigns in the Baltics in August 2026 to discredit regional security image among Western audiences.
Cyber & Information Warfare - Aug 1, 2026
Italy expelled two Russian Embassy military attachés, identified as GRU officers, for espionage on July 6, 2026.
Intelligence & Espionage - Jul 6, 2026
Russian intelligence uses social media, online conspiracy groups, and 'honey trap' sexual manipulation to recruit disposable operatives for sabotage and psycho...
Intelligence & Espionage - Jun 25, 2026
Lithuania charges 14 people with attempted murders linked to Russia's GRU.
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Apr 27, 2026
Systema Clubs and Their Extensions: ‘Sleeper Cells’ and Russian Networks of Influence
Intelligence & Espionage - Mar 24, 2026
The GRU illegals
Intelligence & Espionage - Feb 8, 2026
Talking points from Moscow: How RT and the GRU set the agenda on German-language Telegram
Cyber & Information Warfare - Feb 6, 2026
A 2026 report details Russia and China's use of Arctic shipping, scientific expeditions, and satellites to conduct hybrid warfare, including espionage, sabotag...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Jan 22, 2026
Pro-Putin spy nuns infiltrating Sweden
Intelligence & Espionage - Jan 18, 2026
Russia plans to destabilize NATO and the EU starting with Ukraine and Moldova, using election interference, cyberattacks, disinformation, proxies, and paramili...
Political & Legal Subversion - Sep 28, 2025
German domestic intelligence warns German NGOs are targeted by Russian cyber espionage
Cyber & Information Warfare - Mar 21, 2025
February 2026 CheckFirst report reveals detailed structure and locations of GRU's Information Operations Troops (VIO), analyzing 118 military insignia to ident...
Intelligence & Espionage - Mar 13, 2025
Estonian spy chief Kaupo Rosin denounces the term 'hybrid warfare' for Russian hostile acts, confirming these are real attacks involving sabotage, cyberattacks...
Intelligence & Espionage - Feb 16, 2025
Russia is employing recycled Soviet-era hybrid warfare tactics against Europe, including sabotage, cyberattacks, disinformation, and infrastructure attacks, ai...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Feb 10, 2025
Lithuanian prosecutors arrested an opposition Conservative party member on suspicion of spying for Russia's GRU since 2018, gathering significant non-classifie...
Intelligence & Espionage - Dec 9, 2024
Article warns that cognitive warfare, as used by Russia and China, threatens Western societies by spreading disinformation and eroding trust.
Cyber & Information Warfare - Oct 14, 2024
MI5 warns of increased Russian espionage and sabotage efforts in Europe
Intelligence & Espionage - Oct 8, 2024
Revealed: How Russia’s GRU Plotted Europe’s Parcel Explosions
Terrorism & Criminal Proxy Tactics - Jul 20, 2024
In summer 2024, the Russian military intelligence agency GRU allegedly smuggled drone parts and SIM cards through Lithuania and Poland to Düsseldorf, Germany,...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Jul 15, 2024
Suspected Russian-linked arson attacks targeted multiple European countries including the UK, Germany, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and more in mid-2024.
Terrorism & Criminal Proxy Tactics - Jul 1, 2024
In June 2024, Russia intensified hybrid warfare against NATO with sabotage attempts, cyberattacks, and GPS jamming across Europe, while Russia and Belarus cond...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Jun 11, 2024
Russia's unconventional warfare strategies expand to destabilize NATO allies and gain influence globally through unconventional military operations.
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Feb 1, 2024
Russia has escalated a covert campaign of sabotage and subversion targeting European and U.S. infrastructure, transportation, government, and industry from 202...
Military & Paramilitary Operations - Jan 1, 2023
The GRU intelligence centres actively recruit and deploy agents for intelligence gathering and military operations against adversarial nations, with a focus on...
Intelligence & Espionage - Jan 1, 2022
The UK and allies expose reckless GRU cyber attacks globally targeting political, business, media, and sport sectors, violating international law and causing s...
Cyber & Information Warfare - Sep 1, 2018