Complicit Dossier

Foreign personnel and contractors · state · Ukraine

Ukraine (Main Directorate of Intelligence, HUR)

  • Documented supplier or backer
  • Grade B: CorroboratedStrongest record: corroborated
  • 1 documented tie · 1 step from the SAF

Also recorded as: Ukrainian HUR 'Tymur' unit

Deployed special forces (HUR 'Tymur' unit) alongside the SAF against Wagner-backed RSF from Aug 2023.

Their response

  • HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov (Sept 2023) said he could neither confirm nor deny involvement. No Ukrainian response on Abdalla found.
  • Budanov: neither confirm nor deny.

Records

2

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Grade B: Corroborated

Ukraine (Main Directorate of Intelligence, HUR)

Aug 2023 - at least early 2024

Deployed special forces (HUR 'Tymur' unit) alongside the SAF against Wagner-backed RSF from Aug 2023.

Response
HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov (Sept 2023) said he could neither confirm nor deny involvement. No Ukrainian response on Abdalla found.
Sanctions
Ahmad Abdalla (Sudanese-Ukrainian) designated by OFAC 16 Jan 2025.
  1. 1Militarnyi: Details of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine operation in Sudan have been reported (summarising Wall Street Journal) · militarnyi.com · 7 Mar 2024
  2. 2Middle East Eye: Sudan war: Russia hedges bets by aiding both sides in conflict · middleeasteye.net · 6 May 2024
  3. 3Kyiv Post: video report on Ukrainian special forces operation against Wagner in Sudan · kyivpost.com · 5 Feb 2024read via summary
  4. 4US Treasury: Treasury Sanctions Leader of Sudanese Armed Forces and Weapons Supplier · home.treasury.gov · 16 Jan 2025
Grade B: Corroborated

Ukrainian HUR 'Tymur' unit

mid-Aug 2023 - 2024

Special forces deployed with the SAF against Wagner-linked RSF.

Response
Budanov: neither confirm nor deny.
  1. 1Militarnyi: Details of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine operation in Sudan have been reported (summarising Wall Street Journal) · militarnyi.com · 7 Mar 2024
  2. 2Middle East Eye: Sudan war: Russia hedges bets by aiding both sides in conflict · middleeasteye.net · 6 May 2024
  3. 3Kyiv Post: video report on Ukrainian special forces operation against Wagner in Sudan · kyivpost.com · 5 Feb 2024read via summary

2 more records below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see them.

Checked against the document

1

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Relationships

1

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Fighting forces · 1

1 more relationship below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Dated events

1

  1. First group of about 100 Ukrainian HUR special forces arrives in Sudan to support the SAF (per WSJ). militarnyi.com

    Grade B: Corroborated

1 more event below grade A (corroborated, single-source or unverified). Change “Evidence shown” to see it.

Geography

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Based in
Ukraine

Position in the network

Derived by analysing the documented relationships. Nothing in this section is a finding.

Connected to the SAF through official or corroborated records.