How to confirm the identity of a GRU agent who was working in Ukraine just days before the Russian invasion? Nothing could be simpler. Enough call GRU Colonel Denis Smolyaninovwho supervised the agent from Russia.
Moreover, he will even call you back and clarify that the agent you are looking for is somewhere “very far away””
This agent is neo-Nazi Viktor Lukovenko (Vasiliev), convicted of murder of a foreigner. After serving time in prison, he became an expert on Africa and the author of a telegram channel. In Ukraine he recruited nationalistsbut only one meeting out of five ended in relative success.
The Dossier Center learned about the operation involving Lukovenko from working documents of Colonel Smolyaninov.
In addition to recruitment in Ukraine, Smolyaninov oversaw many other assignments. Among them:
🕵️ Hunting against a Kazakh nationalist in Ukraine (spoiler: unsuccessful)
🕵️ Net pseudo-Ukrainian telegram channels with criticism of Vladimir Zelensky and memes, as well as Z channels (including the “swindler and mercenary” channel Igor Mangushev, killed in the LPR in February 2023)
🕵️ Plans for international conferences with the aim of undermining the image of Ukraine
🕵️ Dispatch mercenaries to Donbass in 2014
What else was learned from the documents of Colonel Smolyaninov and what he talked about in a conversation with our correspondent — in the investigation of the Dossier Center
https://dossier.center/gru-ukraine/ (with VPN)
The largest leak of military intelligence. Investigation of the Dossier Center
Despite a series of high-profile failures and the exposure of hundreds of agents, the GRU remains one of the most mysterious security agencies in Russia. We must not forget about the mistake of the survivor: only the failures of the special service are known, but its successful operations and normal routine are known…
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