How OSINT has given Ukraine a strategic advantage

What did you do to support Ukraine? >> Well, we tried to do as much as we can. They reached out to ask for satellite. imagery really early on um actually by. Twitter. All things um and we. >> message over over X. >> Unencrypted, completely unsecure. >> started providing data as quickly as we. could and um and then they were asking. for more and more like different. regions, the Black Sea obviously, Belarus, and then deep into Russia to. for the strategic benefits and they. we learned so much from them because.

when we have a new toy. like we could do this analysis, we threw. it at them and they would tell us very. quickly if it was useful or not because. they had no time for things that were. not useful. So, you know, within a few. hours we would get yes, no, and then. we'd learn a lot about what works. I don't want to get into many of the. details but you know, you can ask some. of the Ukrainian officials here like. Budanov and others. Um. >> Former former spy chief now Zelenskyy's. chief of staff. >> What they were doing with the data and. why but but but things I can say things. like battle damage assessment,

deep information into to Russia to so. that they could get earlier warning of. different things, choke off supply. chains that they could identify. And I. mean I would say that in more general. terms, information advantage when they. have a had a. conventional. asymmetry the other way. Russia. obviously had more troops, more tanks. and somewhat the stalemate is in part. because they have an information. advantage. I think and and so obviously trying to.

support them as much as we can with. their brave efforts.