It says, in particular, that the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence Valeriy Kondratyuk in 2015 brought to the USA “luggage with top-secret Russian military documents”. This was told to the TV channel by an American official.
It was a “gift” on the part of Kondratyuk, so that the Americans imbued him with confidence.
The material says that to build the work of the GUR helped the Americans.
“The CIA sent millions of dollars to train and equip Ukrainian intelligence officers, as well as to build facilities, including about a dozen secret forward operating bases on the border with Russia,” the channel reports. Also the US trained Ukrainian special forces.
The article also tells about Operation Goldfish, during which the CIA trained Ukrainian agents to “impersonate Russians” in Russia and in third world countries. They performed joint operations with the CIA.
After the Russian invasion, Biden lifted a number of restrictions on the CIA’s work in Ukraine: “CIA officers were allowed to remain in Ukraine during the Russian attack. They were still not allowed to kill Russians directly, but they were now authorized to help Ukraine with targeting information.”
The publication also cites opinions that such close cooperation could have provoked Putin to attack: “Some argue that the CIA’s partnership with Ukrainian intelligence was a provocation for Putin, giving him a pretext for war.” At the same time, former GUR chief Kondratyuk calls such claims “Russian propaganda”.
