Day 1,233.

Today, as Kyiv endures yet another mass aerial attack and Pres Zel arr in Rome for the annual Ukraine Recovery Conference, we report on espionage activities inside Ukraine, and later we talk to the Chief Adoption Officer of the NATO Innovation Fund.

Contributors:

Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor of Defence). @DomNicholls on X.

Francis Dearnley (Executive Editor for Audio). @FrancisDearnley on X.

With thanks to John Ridge (Chief Adoption Officer of the NATO Innovation Fund).

Content Referenced:

Ukrainian spy assassinated by gunman in Kyiv (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/10/ukrainian-spy-assassinated-by-gunman-in-kyiv/ 

Chinese father and son arrested for spying on Ukraine’s missile programme (The Telegraph):

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/07/10/ukraine-arrests-chinese-father-son-spying-neptune-missile/ 

Russia grooms Ukrainian teens as spies and saboteurs  (Financial Times):

https://www.ft.com/content/5cb5ebf9-bfb3-4a50-bc2f-79540baf8f87 

Secret Russian Intelligence Document Shows Deep Suspicion of China (New York Times):

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/world/europe/china-russia-spies-documents-putin-war.html 

Gardaí investigate bomb found at Russian-owned refinery in Limerick (Irish Times):

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2025/07/06/gardai-probe-bomb-found-at-russian-owned-refinery-in-limerick

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