Kyrylo Budanov

Russian infantry better equipped, but military equipment quality declined, Ukraine's Budanov says

Since the beginning of the full-scale war, Russian infantrymen have been better equipped, but the quality of their materiel has deteriorated, chief of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with the BBC on April 22.

22 April 2024, 12:39 PM

Ukraine will not be defeated or destroyed - HUR chief

Despite tough times ahead for Ukraine, the country has overcome similar challenges in the past and will succeed again, Ukrainian Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with BBC on April 22.

22 April 2024, 11:52 AM

Ukraine downed Russian Tu-22 bomber with makeshift anti-air systems — Budanov

Ukraine has managed to intercept Russia’s Tu-22M strategic bomber using anti-air equipment engineered "from scratch from old components," Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov told Ukrainian TV channel 1+1 on April 19.

19 April 2024, 08:50 PM

Russia will launch new offensive aimed to capture entire Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in June - HUR chief

Russia intends to initiate a significant summer offensive in June with the objective of seizing the entirety of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukrainian military’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), told The Washington Post on April 17.

18 April 2024, 08:18 PM

Impending Russian offensive in Ukraine timed with US election, says HUR chief

Russia plans to launch a major offensive to try to seize the entire Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts in June, Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with The Washington Post on April 17.

18 April 2024, 01:11 PM

'Even a person like him can't resolve this issue in one day,' HUR chief on Trump's promises

Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov voiced skepticism regarding former U.S. President Donald Trump's pledges to end Russia's war against Ukraine within 24 hours if re-elected, during an interview with The Washington Post on April 17.

18 April 2024, 11:48 AM

Germany’s long-range Taurus missiles are a potent weapon that could make Ukrainian lives easier

Ukraine could employ German Taurus cruise missiles to target Russian command centers and other vital objectives, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) head, Kyrylo Budanov, told German broadcaster ARD on April 7.

8 April 2024, 10:01 AM

Ukraine’s intelligence chief refutes Russian allegations of Kyiv’s involvement in Crocus City Hall shooting

Kyrylo Budanov, Chief of Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), dismissed Russian claims of Kyiv’s complicity in the terrorist attack at Moscow’s Crocus City Hall mall as “absolutely absurd” in an interview with the German TV channel ARD on April 7.

7 April 2024, 06:13 PM

Ukraine’s intelligence chief backs Pope’s ‘all for all’ POW exchange, Russia unlikely to agree

Head of Ukrainian military’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), Kyrylo Budanov, supported Pope's initiative to exchange prisoners in “all for all” format, as he mentioned in an interview with the German TV channel ARD published on April 7.

7 April 2024, 05:55 PM

Ukraine’s head of Military Intelligence predicts routes of Russian summer offensive

In late spring or early summer, Russia may escalate its offensive in the Donbas region, the chief of Ukrainian military’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), Kyrylo Budanov, said in an interview with the German TV channel ARD on April 7.

7 April 2024, 03:58 PM

Ukraine to destroy Crimean Bridge by mid-2024 — HUR sources

Ukraine intends to destroy Russia's illegal Crimean Bridge in Kerch in the first half of 2024, The Guardian reported on April 3, citing anonymous sources.

3 April 2024, 02:46 PM

HUR chief says Russia’s powerful ODAB-1500 bombs have been used ‘more than once’ in Ukraine before

Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate’s (HUR) chief, Kyrylo Budanov, has denied earlier reports that Russia has deployed a powerful ODAB-1500 bomb in Ukraine for the first time.

31 March 2024, 06:34 PM

Russia ready to hit Ukraine with ‘accumulated’ stockpile of Kalibr cruise missiles, says intel chief

Russia has been accumulating Kalibr cruise missiles for a long time and may soon use them to attack Ukraine, the country’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) chief, Kyrylo Budanov, said on national television on March 31.

31 March 2024, 03:31 PM

Russia knew of terror attack plans 5 weeks before — why was it allowed to happen? — Ukrainian intel

Russia knew that the terrorist attack on Russian territory was being prepared as early as February 15 and there are several options why the Kremlin allowed it to happen, Kyrylo Budanov, Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) chief said, the Ukrainian intelligence’s press service reported.

28 March 2024, 11:35 AM

Telegram messenger is a threat to Ukraine’s national security — Budanov

The increasingly popular Telegram messenger app presents “a problem” for Ukraine’s national security, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov said on March 27.

27 March 2024, 10:00 PM

Ukraine poised to retake Crimea, move that could determine Putin’s grip on Kremlin – Defense Express

The intelligence missions in the Black Sea are preparations for a serious operation in the temporarily occupied Crimea, said Kyrylo Budanov, the Ukraine’s top spy, however such a message can be viewed from both optimistic and pessimistic points of view, Volodymyr Zablotskyi, a naval expert at Defense Express, retired captain of the first rank, told Radio NV on March 12.

12 March 2024, 01:30 PM

Ukraine’s intelligence chief Budanov has survived nearly a dozen assassination attempts

Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR), has already survived 10 separate assassination attempts, HUR spokesperson Andriy Yusov, told FreeDom.

12 March 2024, 01:15 PM

Budanov on the actions of UA Intel in the Black Sea: a serious operation in the Crimea is under preparation

Intelligence missions in the Black Sea are preparations for a serious operation in the temporarily occupied Crimea, Chief of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence (HUR), Kyrylo Budanov, said in the documentary “War for the Sea: from the Dnipro to Crimea,” which premiered on March 10.

11 March 2024, 03:35 PM

Russia seeks to freeze war, but 'it won’t happen' - Ukraine's Spy Chief

Russia is willing to freeze the war now, but Ukraine will never agree to this, Ukrainian military intelligence chief Lt.-Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with the Canadian CBC channel, published on Feb. 28.

29 February 2024, 02:55 PM

Plans for Ukraine’s 2023 summer counteroffensive ‘became known to Russian federation’ before they began, Intelligence chief says

We have “evidence” that the plans for Ukraine’s 2023 summer counteroffensive “became known to the Russian federation” before it even began, the country’s Main Intelligence Directorate’s (HUR) chief Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said in an interview with Canada’s CBC News published on Feb. 28.

29 February 2024, 02:30 PM

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