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Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR/GUR)

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Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (HUR/GUR)

UKRAINE · INTELLIGENCE & SECURITY-LINKED FORMATIONS · BRANCH

Part of Intelligence & security-linked formations

Kyiv-alignedActive
Assessed as of
2026-07
Confidence
moderate
  • State affiliation · Ukraine
  • Vigil category device · not official insignia
Identity provenance

State affiliation: Ukraine.

Vigil category device — drawn from this record’s own domain, echelon and role. Not an official insignia.

In brief

Military-intelligence service whose combat operations became a publicly prominent part of the war — including the maritime drone campaign widely attributed to it in public reporting. Deliberately under-documented here: only publicly claimed or widely reported associations are recorded.

Scope
Structure, role, lineage and links. No subordinate records published.
Subordination
Subordination confirmed
Record state
Stub

About this record

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Documented equipment

Magura V5 · Documented · moderate confidence

Related organisations

  • KRAKEN 1654 Institutionally linked to · as of 2022-02 · moderate confidence

    Formed in early 2022 in association with Ukrainian military-intelligence structures. Recorded as the unit's documented origin, not as a claim about current subordination.

Lineage & institutional history

Formal parent institution: Ministry of Defence of Ukraine

Campaigns

Campaigns naming this organisation as a participant. The campaign record owns the relationship and grades it; this list is computed.

  • The Black Sea campaign and the export corridor Reported participant · Since February 2022 · moderate confidence · as of 2025-12
  • The Ukrainian deep-strike campaign Reported participant · Since 2022 · moderate confidence · as of 2026-06

    Military intelligence is repeatedly reported as conducting deep operations including maritime drone attacks. Ukraine rarely confirms attribution, so the role is recorded as reported.

Campaign involvement

2023 – early 2024Campaign-phase linkReported participantmoderate confidence

Black Sea Fleet pushed from the western Black Sea

Repeated strikes on Sevastopol and losses to naval drones force Russia to relocate most major fleet units eastward; Ukraine's unilateral export corridor consolidates in the fleet's absence.

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Equipment catalogue1 linked system — family-level records, never quantitiesCampaigns2 campaigns name this organisation as a participantTimeline1 development link to this record
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Assessed as of2026-07

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Related structure

3 records that this organisation names, or that name it. Every one is an explicit reference in a published record — nothing here is inferred from subject matter.

Participates in

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Named in these events

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