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https://meduza.io/en (based in Latvia)

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https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/

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Kyrylo Budanov is a military man by training. A graduate of the Odesa Military Academy, he began his career in the special forces of Ukraine’s military intelligence service, and went on to become a member of Unit 2245 — an elite commando force trained by the CIA. After Russia annexed Crimea and started a war in eastern Ukraine in 2014, Budanov took part in raids on the peninsula and fought in Donbas. After he was injured in combat, the CIA sent Budanov for treatment at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland.

In 2020, President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Budanov to lead Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, known as the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR). Within three years, he had risen to the rank of lieutenant general. Then, on January 2, 2026, Budanov accepted a new position as Zelensky’s chief of staff — just two days before his 40th birthday.

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