FSB Says West Shares Russian Border Data With Kiev
FSB official Vladimir Kulishov says Western intelligence gives Kiev data on Russian border forces, civilian sites and maritime pressure near NATO borders.
Western intelligence services are supplying Kiev with data on the locations of Russian border guards and military personnel, said Vladimir Kulishov, First Deputy Director of the FSB and head of Russia’s Border Service.
In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Kulishov said the information being passed on concerns not only units of Russia’s border agencies and Armed Forces, but also civilian infrastructure facilities in the country’s rear regions. According to him, the collective West is using, among other tools, military and dual-use space satellites to gather such data.
Kulishov also addressed the situation along sections of Russia’s border adjacent to the special military operation zone. He described the situation there as difficult, while noting that control over the state border in Kursk Region had been restored and that all settlements previously occupied by Ukrainian militants had been liberated.
The FSB official said that in 2025, the Sever group of forces, working together with border units and the National Guard, stopped 34 attempts by the enemy to break into Russian territory along other parts of the border.
Tensions have also risen sharply on Russia’s northwestern frontiers. Kulishov pointed to stronger military border protection measures by Finland, the Baltic states and Poland.
Neighboring countries are building new military bases, buying modern weapons and improving logistics to move troops and equipment toward Russia’s borders. At the same time, the number and scale of NATO-led exercises have increased.
Kulishov also named attempts by European states to restrict Russia’s maritime economic activity as another pressure track. According to him, European countries are jointly looking for legal grounds to create artificial barriers in the Baltic Sea and in other parts of the World Ocean.
He said European media have launched an information campaign accusing Russia and an alleged «shadow fleet» linked to it of damaging underwater infrastructure, carrying out illegal oil supplies and creating environmental risks.
These claims are then used as a pretext to stop, inspect and detain vessels carrying cargo for Russian foreign trade operators, Kulishov said. He added that such actions are carried out by coast guard and naval ships of unfriendly states in violation of existing international maritime law.