--- title: "GUR Warns of a Planned Information Campaign Against Military Intelligence and Its Combat Units" description: "Ukraine's GUR announced the preparation of an information campaign to discredit military intelligence and its combat units, including payments for spreading fakes. Intelligence called on journalists to report to law enforcement agencies any attempts to disseminate unverified data." date: 2026-09-03T10:38:04.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/gur-warns-of-planned-information-campaign-against-military-intelligence tags: [ukraine, gur, military-intelligence, disinformation, security-services] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # GUR Warns of a Planned Information Campaign Against Military Intelligence and Its Combat Units ![Armed Ukrainian military intelligence soldiers in camouflage and masks with rifles — the combat units GUR warned are targeted by a planned disinformation campaign](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/03/gur-predupredilo-o-kampanii-protiv-voennoj-razvedki/gur-predupredilo-o-kampanii-protiv-voennoj-razvedki-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - GUR announced a planned information campaign aimed at discrediting military intelligence and its combat units. - According to intelligence, the organizers plan to recruit distributors of fakes and pay them financial rewards. - GUR called on journalists and bloggers to immediately contact law enforcement agencies when pressured to publish dubious data. - The statement came against the backdrop of a GUR–SBU shootout incident in Kyiv and remains unilateral, without independent confirmation. Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR of the Ministry of Defence) has publicly warned about the rollout of an information campaign within the country, the main goal of which, according to intelligence's own assessment, is the discreditation of military intelligence and its combat units. This was reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing an official GUR post. Intelligence stated that the organizers of the campaign intend to involve a wide circle of individuals in spreading fake messages, and plan to pay financial rewards for publishing disinformation about Ukrainian intelligence officers. Against this backdrop, GUR called on citizens to trust only verified official sources of information. ### The Mechanism of the Alleged Campaign According to the data set out in GUR's statement, the campaign's structure is built on two elements: the recruitment of distributors and their financial motivation. Intelligence indicates that the organizers plan to involve certain individuals in forwarding and publicly disseminating fabricated messages, promising them a monetary reward for each "successful" message about Ukrainian intelligence officers. Thus, according to GUR, this is not a spontaneous wave of publications, but a coordinated process with a financial component, aimed at undermining trust in military intelligence as an institution. ### Address to Media, Journalists and Bloggers Particular attention in the statement is given to representatives of the media environment. GUR publicly addressed journalists and bloggers with a direct appeal: if they are contacted with an offer to publish and disseminate unverified or dubious data, they must immediately contact law enforcement agencies. In doing so, intelligence has effectively legitimized for the media a mechanism for verifying such "exclusives" through law enforcement structures, rather than through publication. At the same time, GUR reminded that Ukrainian military intelligence and its combat units continue to carry out combat and special missions, defending the country and countering Russian aggression. ### Contradictory Data It is important to note that the warning about a "planned campaign" is a unilateral statement by GUR itself and is not supported in the provided materials by an independent investigation or confirmation by law enforcement agencies. Moreover, the statement came against the backdrop of a known incident involving a shootout between GUR and SBU units in Kyiv, to which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had previously responded, and which was assessed by the former head of military intelligence and current head of the OPU, Kyrylo Budanov. In such a climate, some observers may interpret the warning about an "external" information attack as a sign of internal friction between security structures, whereas GUR insists on the external nature of the threat. Both versions — of a coordinated external campaign and of an internal context — are currently neither refuted nor confirmed by independent sources to an equal degree. ### Context: Intelligence Continues Combat Operations The statement about the discreditation campaign came against the backdrop of the ongoing active activity of military intelligence. Earlier, the information space featured reports of GUR's special operations, including statements about the destruction of infrastructure facilities in occupied territories and the infiltration of agents into enemy units. In this context, the warning about attempts to discredit can be seen as an effort by intelligence to protect the reputation of its units during a period when their operations are becoming the subject of public attention and, according to GUR, a deliberate information attack. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [GUR warns of a planned information attack on military intelligence](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/gur-poperedzhae-splanovanu-informatsiynu-1788431511.html) - Подтверждает факт публикации предупреждения ГУР о кампании по дискредитации, вербовке распространителей и выплате вознаграждения, а также обращение к медиа. - [GUR announces preparation of a campaign to discredit military intelligence and its combat units](https://kp.ua/life/a735484-hur-zajavilo-o-podhotovke-kampanii-po-diskreditatsii-voennoj-razvedki-i-ee-boevykh-podrazdelenij) - Независимо подтверждает заявление ГУР о подготовке кампании против военной разведки и её боевых подразделений. - [Ukrainian intelligence announces the destruction of a petroleum pipeline in Moscow Oblast. Day 1347 of the war](https://www.rfi.fr/ru/%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0/20251101-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B0-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%8F%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0-%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%B2%D0%B5-%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%B2-%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8-1347-%D0%B9-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C-%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D1%83%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B) - Используется лишь как контекст продолжающихся специальных операций разведки; не относится напрямую к факту заявления о кампании. - [GUR states it infiltrated its agent into the "Akmat" battalion](https://www.dw.com/ru/gur-zaavilo-cto-vnedrilo-v-batalon-ahmat-svoego-agenta/a-77018292) - Используется как контекст публичной активности ГУР; не подтверждает и не опровергает заявление о кампании по дискредитации. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: What exactly did GUR state in its warning? **A:** GUR stated that an information campaign is being rolled out in Ukraine, the goal of which is to discredit military intelligence and its combat units. Intelligence indicated that the organizers plan to involve distributors of fakes and pay them financial rewards. ### Q: Who did GUR address and with what appeal? **A:** GUR publicly addressed journalists and bloggers, urging them to immediately contact law enforcement agencies if they are offered to publish and disseminate unverified, dubious data. Intelligence also called on citizens to trust only official sources. ### Q: Has the existence of such a campaign been confirmed by independent sources? **A:** The fact of GUR's statement itself has been confirmed by Ukrainian outlets RBC and KP. However, the existence of a coordinated "external" campaign is a unilateral assessment by intelligence, not supported in the provided materials by an independent investigation; this is reflected in the article's "Contradictory Data" section.