According to CCTV News on May 14, citing Russian media reports, Russian President Putin has ordered the Russian military intelligence agency " Gru-Ukrainian " to be responsible for intelligence work in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, replacing the Russian Federal Security Bureau (formerly " KGB "), which was previously responsible for this task. Vladimir Alexeyev, the first deputy director of the "Gruu", became the "commander" of Ukrainian intelligence activities.
Russian President Putin
It is reported that the public signal of this "transformation" appeared in early May. When Russian TV revealed the main general in Russia's special military operation against Ukraine, Alexeyev's name was "suddenly in the list", which was the first time that he was confirmed by the outside world as the highest general responsible for the conflict intelligence of Russia-Ukraine.
Russian media said that this marks a major change in the Russian army's battlefield in Ukraine. Previously, the work was under the responsibility of the Fifth Service of the Russian Federation, which had been responsible for providing Putin with intelligence on Ukraine before the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict.
Why did Russia decide to send "Gruu" at this time? What kind of institution is this? Who is Alexeyev, the "commander" of this intelligence event?
[Mysterious "Gelu" ]
Putin praised it as "Shunfeng Ear" and "Classic Eyes"
When it comes to Russia's intelligence department, most people must have "bluffed out" the "KGB", and Russian President Putin once served the intelligence agency. In fact, in addition to the famous KGB, Russia also has a more mysterious intelligence department - "Gruu".
At the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the founding of "Gelu" in 2018, Putin's evaluation of the agency was: "As the supreme commander, I certainly understand your unique capabilities, including the ability to perform special operations missions."
The headquarters building of "Gelu" in Moscow
The full name of "Gelu" is " General Intelligence Bureau of the Russian General Staff ", codenamed 44388 Military Department, it is the most important foreign intelligence agency of the Russian military, and even has its own exclusive special forces. Its "prototype" is the "Registration Office of the Field Staff of the Soviet Republic" and was established on November 1, 1918. In the early days of its establishment, the "Registration Office" had two functional departments, namely "Information Agent" and "Military Control", which were responsible for intelligence collection and confidentiality work in the defense of the Internet. In 1921, the "Registration Office" was reorganized and named "General Staff Intelligence Department", namely "Gelu".
According to a previous report by the People's Liberation Army Daily, during World War II , the "Gruu" grew rapidly and the intelligence network continued to expand. According to data, the data it collects has 90% high accuracy. It is said that one of the famous intelligence groups "Red Band" active in Germany, "Grou", also successfully infiltrated the German senior management and provided a large amount of real-time intelligence to Moscow.
Before , the existence of "Gelu" was unknown. Unlike the decomposed "KGB", this department was not affected by the collapse of the Soviet Union, and its functions and names have continued to this day. In many military activities in Russia, "Gruu" has always played a secret and critical role, becoming one of the main forces of the Russian army's foreign warfare and the main source of intelligence. Russian President Putin praised the "Gruu" as a veritable "wind ear" and "smart eyes".
In addition to intelligence activities, the department also commands the "mysterious and terrifying" special forces. It is reported that one of the most famous operations of the "Gelu" Special Forces was to kill Afghanistan President Amin in 1979.
In the Chechen War from 1999 to 2004, "Gelu" also played an extremely important role, eliminating more than 3,000 militants and arresting 1,500 members of illegal armed organizations. It is reported that the "Gruu" special forces killed the "Black Angel" Grayev in 2004.
In the subsequent Russian-Germany conflict, "Gelu" as the "radar-developing information combat force of the Russian army" attracted the attention of Western countries.In 2014, most of Russia's operations in Crimea relied on the intelligence and special forces of the "Gruu". Not only that, "Gruu" also became one of the main combat forces in the subsequent Donbas conflict. In the subsequent Syrian battlefield, the "Gru U" became famous in one battle, which made Russian President Putin "proclaimed".
In 2006, Putin visited the headquarters of "Geluu"
It is reported that "Gelu" now has 24 intelligence or special operations brigades, with a total of about 30,000 people. Now, when the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is in a stalemate, Putin once again named "Gelu" to be responsible for the intelligence on the Ukrainian battlefield, which is enough to prove his importance and trust in "Gelu". Vladimir Alexeyev, appointed as the "Commander", is the head of the "Gruu" special forces.
[New Commander of Ukrainian Intelligence Activities ]
was awarded the title of "Russian Hero"
Vladimir Alexeyev was born in Vinnica Prefecture, Ukraine in 1961 and graduated from the Ryazan Air Force Academy in Russia in 1984.
Russian media said that Alekseev is a "very special" Russian military intelligence official because his career began with Russian special forces, rather than working in Russian embassies and institutions abroad like traditional intelligence personnel.
The Russian Special Forces, which are conducting the "anti-terrorism" exercise (data photo)
After serving in the special forces, Alexeyev served as the head of the intelligence department of the Moscow Military Region and the Far East Military Region, and was later transferred to "Gruu", becoming the leader of the 14th Bureau, responsible for leading the special forces of the agency. It is worth mentioning that the Ryazan Air Force Academy in Russia where Alexeyev studied is the training base for the "Gruu" special forces personnel.
"Gruu Devil Training" tutorial runs through the students' three years of academic performance: a one-month high-intensity physical fitness assessment is conducted every six months, and only 4 hours of rest per day will be comprehensively tested for the physical fitness in the wild survival, high-intensity maneuvering and confrontation environment. Those ranked last will be eliminated.
In 2011, Alexeyev was appointed as the first deputy chief of staff of the "Gruu". According to the Presidential Decree, Alekseev was awarded the title of "Russian Hero" in 2017.
Previously, Alexeyev participated in the Donbas conflict in 2014, and then served under Alexander Dvolnikov, commander of the Russian Southern Military Region and commander of the Russian Ukrainian Special Military Operations, to command the Russian military intelligence officials' operations in Syria .
Now, Alexeyev is performing the same mission in Russia's special military operation against Ukraine as in Syria, confronting " NATO and the United States" to command Russian military intelligence personnel to analyze and embody all information from various sources, including the Ukrainian army's operations, locations, military warehouses, equipment bases, and the trends of Western military aid weapons.
Red Star News Reporter Xu Yan
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