Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.[Regnum] A network of secret bases of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has appeared over the past eight years in Ukraine near its border with Russia, The New York Times (NYT) reported on February 25, citing former and current Ukrainian, American and European officials.
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The article states that the CIA monitors the movements of the Russian army and provides Kyiv with information for launching missile strikes. The intelligence service also helps Ukraine develop spy networks that allegedly operate in Russia and throughout Europe.
In addition, the United States used secret bases to train Ukrainian special forces called Unit 2245. Representatives of this unit captured Russian drones and communications equipment so that CIA specialists could examine these devices and crack the encryption systems used by Russia.
As Regnum reported, in October 2023, The Washington Post wrote that since 2015, the US Central Intelligence Agency has allocated tens of millions of dollars to turn the Ukrainian intelligence services into its ally against Russia. According to journalists, the CIA maintains a significant presence in Ukraine.
On February 21, the Public Relations Center of the FSB of Russia announced that the Federal Security Service had established the fact of intelligence activities of British intelligence services in the Kherson region. Department employees were able to uncover the activities of the British government organization British Council. This structure used organizations controlled by it for intelligence in the interests of Kyiv.